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Varaha Purana 103.6: Adhyaya 103, Shloka 6

Ritual Procedure for the Donation of the ‘Sugar-Cow’ (Śarkarā-Dhenu)

इक्षुपादां रौप्यखुरां तवनीतस्तनीं तथा । प्रशस्तपत्रश्रवणां सितचामरपभूषिताम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 103.6

ikṣu-pādāṃ raupya-khurāṃ tavanīta-stanīṃ tathā | praśasta-patra-śravaṇāṃ sita-cāmara-pa-bhūṣitām ||

पैर गन्ने से बनाओ। खुर चाँदी के रखो। थान मक्खन से बनाओ। कान पत्ते जैसे अच्छे लगाओ। सफेद चमरे से सजाओ।

इक्षुपादाम्having sugarcane (as) legs
इक्षुपादाम्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootइक्षु + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (इक्षोः पादाः यस्याः/इक्षु-पादाः: having sugarcane as legs)
रौप्यखुराम्silver-hoofed
रौप्यखुराम्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौप्य + खुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (रौप्याः खुराः यस्याः: silver-hoofed)
तवनीतस्तनीम्having butter-like udders
तवनीतस्तनीम्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootतवनीत + स्तनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (तवनीतवत् स्तनौ यस्याः: having butter-like udders/breasts)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)
प्रशस्तपत्रश्रवणाम्having excellent leaf-like ears
प्रशस्तपत्रश्रवणाम्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रशस्त + पत्र + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (प्रशस्तानि पत्राणि इव श्रवणे यस्याः: having ears like fine leaves)
सितचामरपभूषिताम्adorned with white chowries
सितचामरपभूषिताम्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसित + चामर + प + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.) ‘भूषित’; तत्पुरुषः (सित-चामरैः ... भूषिता). पाठे ‘प’ सम्भवतः ‘-प्र-’/‘-प-’ संधि/लिप्यन्तरदोषः; अर्थतः ‘सितचामर-प्रभूषिताम्’ = adorned with white chowries

Hotṛ (inferred)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
R
Ritual Iconography
M
Material Philology

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It indicates how ritual objects were imagined as composite ‘wealth-assemblages’ (foodstuffs, precious metals, textiles), offering insight into symbolic economies of merit.

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The verse supports the ethic of well-prepared giving, where the donor’s care and completeness are integral to the act.

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