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Varaha Purana 120.20: Adhyaya 120, Shloka 20

Procedure for the Three Daily Twilight Mantra-Observance

य एतेन विधानॆन त्रिसन्ध्यं कर्म कारयेत् ॥ तिर्यग्योनिविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 120.20

ya etena vidhānena trisandhyaṁ karma kārayet || tiryagyonivinirmukto mama lokaṁ sa gacchati

जो इंसान इस तरह से तीन वक्त पूजा करता है - सुबह, दोपहर और शाम - वो जनम के चक्कर से आज़ाद हो जाता है। वो जानवर या पक्षी की जगह नहीं पैदा होता। उसको मेरा लोक मिलता है।

yaḥwho (he who)
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम)
etenaby this
etena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
vidhānenaby the prescribed method/rite
vidhānena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
tri-sandhyamthree-times-a-day (at the three sandhyās)
tri-sandhyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक) + sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu compound used adjectivally
karmaritual act/duty
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
kārayetshould cause to be done / should have performed
kārayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु) [causative: kāraya-]
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); causative (णिच्)
tiryag-yoni-vinirmuktaḥfreed from animal birth
tiryag-yoni-vinirmuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottiryak (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; vi+nir+√muc)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; compound: tiryagyonī (तिर्यग्योनिः) + vinirmuktaḥ
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormGenitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); 1st person pronoun
lokamworld/realm
lokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
gacchatigoes/attains
gacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It reflects the Purāṇic consolidation of daily ritual discipline (trisandhyā) as a marker of dharma, linking regular practice to a soteriological promise in late-classical Sanskrit literature.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on temporal ritual observance (the three sandhyās) rather than sacred geography.

To maintain consistent daily discipline in prescribed duties, emphasizing regularity and method as ethically and spiritually formative.

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