Varaha Purana 45.3: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 3

Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha

Devanagari script

उरः संवत्सरायेति कण्ठं संवर्त्तकाय च । सर्वास्त्रधारिणे बाहू स्वनाम्ना अब्जरथाङ्गकौ ॥ ४५.३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 45.3

Transliteration

uraḥ saṃvatsarāyeti kaṇṭhaṃ saṃvarttakāya ca | sarvāstradhāriṇe bāhū svanāmnā ’bjarathāṅgakau || 45.3 ||

Translation

“(Él asigna) el pecho a Saṃvatsara y la garganta a Saṃvarttaka; y los dos brazos—portadores de todas las armas—son llamados por sus propios nombres: ‘Abjaratha’ y ‘Aṅgaka’.”

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Word by Word

• उरः: chest
• उरः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; indeclinable-like form in -as (uras)

• संवत्सराय: to Saṃvatsara (the year-deity)
• संवत्सराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरणसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotation marker/particle (इति)

• कण्ठम्: neck/throat
• कण्ठम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संवर्तकाय: to Saṃvartaka
• संवर्तकाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सर्वास्त्रधारिणे: to the bearer of all weapons
• सर्वास्त्रधारिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + अस्त्र + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक); धारिन् from √धृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष sense: ‘bearing all weapons’

• बाहू: the two arms
• बाहू: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• स्वनाम्ना: by their own name
• स्वनाम्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by/with one’s own name’

• अब्जरथाङ्गकौ: the two (called) Abjarathāṅgaka
• अब्जरथाङ्गकौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्ज + रथ + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘having lotus and chariot-limbs/marks’ (name/epithet)

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework when not explicit)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaiṣṇava Narrative Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic literary method of correlating bodily features with cosmic principles (e.g., time-cycles and dissolution), a technique used for systematizing cosmology and iconography in classical Sanskrit traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and iconographic rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on perceiving ordered correspondences between the cosmos (time/dissolution) and embodied form, supporting a worldview of structured interrelation.