Varaha Purana 123.32: Adhyaya 123, Shloka 32

The Greatness of Fragrant Flowers and Leaves: Prabodhinī (Awakening) Observances and Seasonal Rites

Devanagari script

महानाधिहरॊ योगस्तेनैतत्प्रभवो धरे ॥ अतः कौमुदिकायां तु वैशाख्यां यतमानसः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 123.32

Transliteration

mahānādhiharo yogas tenaitatprabhavo dhare || ataḥ kaumudikāyāṃ tu vaiśākhyāṃ yatamānasaḥ

Translation

यह व्रत बड़ा पाप दूर करता है। इससे यह फायदा होता है, धरती। इसलिए कार्तिक और वैशाख में, मन लगा के इस व्रत को करो।

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Word by Word

• mahān: great
• mahān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying yogas

• ādhi-haraḥ: remover of affliction
• ādhi-haraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘remover of distress’

• yogaḥ: the yoga/observance
• yogaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• etat-prabhavaḥ: arising from this
• etat-prabhavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘having this as origin/produced from this’

• dhare: O bearer (O Earth/king)
• dhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय), causal/inferential: ‘therefore/from this’

• kaumudikāyām: in Kaumudikā
• kaumudikāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumudikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• vaiśākhyām: in Vaiśākha
• vaiśākhyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśākhī/vaiśākha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• yata-mānasaḥ: with controlled mind
• yata-mānasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata (from √yam यम्, कृदन्त) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘one whose mind is restrained’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Yoga (as discipline)
• Seasonal Vratas

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how Purāṇic texts broaden “yoga” to include devotional-ritual discipline and ethical self-regulation, not only technical meditative systems.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned; the address “O Earth” is dialogic (Pṛthivī as interlocutor) rather than geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate disciplined effort and mental restraint, especially during ritually emphasized months.