Varaha Purana 41.9: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 9

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Devanagari script

सर्वबीजभृते पात्रे रत्नगर्भं घटोपरि । स्थापयेत् परमं देवं जातरूपमयं हरिम् ॥ ४१.९ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 41.9

Transliteration

sarvabījabhṛte pātre ratnagarbhaṃ ghaṭopari | sthāpayet paramaṃ devaṃ jātarūpamayaṃ harim || 41.9 ||

Translation

Sobre el recipiente que contiene todas las semillas, y sobre la parte superior de la vasija, debe instalarse al Dios supremo—Hari—hecho de oro (jātarūpa).

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Word by Word

• सर्वबीजभृते: in the vessel bearing all seeds
• सर्वबीजभृते: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of पात्रे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वबीज + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सर्वबीजानि भृणोति इति (bearing all seeds)

• पात्रे: in the vessel
• पात्रे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• रत्नगर्भम्: jewel-filled
• रत्नगर्भम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रत्नानां गर्भः (having jewels within / jewel-filled)

• घट-उपरि: upon the pot
• घट-उपरि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घट (प्रातिपदिक) + उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: उपरि इति देशवाचक अव्यय; ‘on/above’; घट (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-संबन्ध) + उपरि = ‘upon the pot’ (written as compound-like)

• स्थापयेत्: should place/establish
• स्थापयेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था + णिच् (स्थापय) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of देवं)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवम्: god, deity
• देवम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जातरूपमयम्: made of gold
• जातरूपमयम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of हरिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातरूप + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त ‘मय’ (made of); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जातरूपस्य मयः (made of gold)

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic template for domestic/temple ritual procedure, linking material objects (vessel, pot, gold icon) with formal installation (sthāpana) practices documented across early medieval Sanskrit ritual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ritual instruction rather than a place-based māhātmya passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes careful, orderly ritual conduct and stewardship of symbolic materials (seeds, vessel, precious contents) as part of a disciplined cultural practice.