Varaha Purana 116.4: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 4

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यष्टमी ह्यमावास्या तुभयत्र चतुर्दशी ।। मैथुनं नाभिसेवेत द्वादश्यां च तथा प्रिये

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 116.4

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamī hy amāvāsyā tūbhayatra caturdaśī || maithunaṃ nābhiseveta dvādaśyāṃ ca tathā priye

Translation

ષષ્ઠી, અષ્ટમી, અમાવાસ્યા તથા બંને પક્ષની ચતુર્દશીએ મૈથુન ન કરવું; હે પ્રિયે, દ્વાદશીએ પણ તેમ જ.

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Word by Word

• षष्ठी: the sixth lunar day
• षष्ठी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (name of lunar day)

• अष्टमी: the eighth lunar day
• अष्टमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/indeed

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• तु: and/also
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; contrast/and

• उभयत्र: in both (cases/fortnights)
• उभयत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘in both (fortnights/contexts)’

• चतुर्दशी: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• मैथुनम्: sexual intercourse
• मैथुनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle), अव्यय

• अभिसेवेत: should practice/engage in
• अभिसेवेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√सेव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘likewise/in the same way’

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra pattern of regulating household conduct by lunar calendar observances (tithi-based discipline).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practicing restraint on specified lunar days as part of a disciplined religious-ethical regimen.