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Varaha Purana 129.11: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 11

Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel

जानुसंस्थं ततः कृत्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 129.11

jānusaṁsthaṁ tataḥ kṛtvā imaṁ mantram udīrayet

उस दिया को घुटने के लेवल पे रख दो। फिर यह मंत्र पढ़ो।

jānu-saṁsthamplaced on the knee
jānu-saṁstham:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjānu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṁstha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā with sam-)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.); विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषणवत् (qualifying an implied object/act: 'placed on the knee'); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (jānuni saṁstham)
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/कालवाचक (then/thereafter)
kṛtvāhaving done/made
kṛtvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ) (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)
imamthis
imam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.); सर्वनाम
mantrammantra
mantram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.)
udīrayetshould utter/recite
udīrayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√īr (ईर्) (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. optative)

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
R
Ritual Gesture Studies
T
Textual Philology

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It records bodily/positional details of worship, valuable for reconstructing lived ritual practice beyond purely theological statements.

No location is identified; the verse concerns ritual posture/placement.

Care in execution—precision in small ritual actions is presented as part of disciplined practice.

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