Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 34

Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

उपवासं च दानं च स्नानं जप्यं च माधव होमयज्ञादिकं चान्यच्छुभं वाप्यशुभं विभो

Transliteration

upavāsaṃ ca dānaṃ ca snānaṃ japyaṃ ca mādhava homayajñādikaṃ cānyacchubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vibho

Translation

Ô Mādhava : le jeûne, le don, le bain rituel et la récitation (japa) ; ainsi que d’autres actes tels que le homa et le yajña—qu’ils soient auspices ou même inauspices, ô Seigneur—(sont envisagés dans ce contexte sacré).

Word by Word

• upavāsam: fasting
• upavāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (fasting)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• dānam: charity
• dānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (gift/charity)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (bathing)

• japyam: (mantra) recitation / what is to be recited
• japyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jap (धातु) + ya (णिच्/यत्-भाव)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘japya’ (to be muttered/recited); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• mādhava: O Mādhava (Vishnu)
• mādhava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative)

• homa-yajña-ādikam: homa, sacrifice, and the like
• homa-yajña-ādikam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (हॊमश्च यज्ञश्च) + ‘ādika’ (etc.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (other)

• śubham: auspicious (deed)
• śubham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (auspicious act/merit)

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक (also/even)

• aśubham: inauspicious (deed)
• aśubham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (inauspicious act/demerit)

• vibho: O Lord / O all-pervading one
• vibho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative)

Speakers

• Address to Mādhava/Vibhu appears within the verse; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt (requires surrounding context).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Mādhava)

Key Themes

• Vaishnavism
• Ritual taxonomy
• Vrata (upavasa)
• Dana (charity)
• Japa
• Yajna/Homa
• Ksetra-based merit

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is practiced through concrete disciplines—fasting, giving, purification, mantra, and sacrifice. The mention of ‘śubha/aśubha’ highlights that intention and sacred context can transform one’s relationship to action and its results, steering conduct toward purification and merit.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is characteristic of Purāṇic dharma-śikṣā (religious instruction) attached to a tīrtha-mahātmya. It is not sarga/pratisarga proper; it functions as prescriptive teaching that commonly accompanies pilgrim-geography sections.

What is the symbolic significance?

The list forms a ‘complete practice-set’: body (snāna, upavāsa), wealth/social duty (dāna), speech/mind (japa), and cosmic reciprocity (homa-yajña). Together they symbolize integrated sādhanā—purifying the whole person.