Varaha Purana 129.34: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

तेन पात्रं ततः कृत्वा शुभधर्मविनिश्चितः ॥ तस्मिन् प्रापणकं कृत्वा शुद्धे वै ताम्रभाजने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 129.34

Transliteration

tena pātraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śubha-dharma-viniścitaḥ || tasmin prāpaṇakaṃ kṛtvā śuddhe vai tāmra-bhājane ||

Translation

फिर उस से एक बर्तन बनाया। धरम का काम करने का इरादा पक्का किया। उस बर्तन में पूजा की चीज़ रख दी, क्योंकि वो साफ ताम्रे का था।

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Word by Word

• tena: with that/from that

• pātram: vessel

• tataḥ: then

• kṛtvā: having made

• śubha: auspicious

• dharma: dharma/rite

• viniścitaḥ: determined/resolved

• tasmin: in that

• prāpaṇakam: offering-container/implement (term varies by edition)

• kṛtvā: having made

• śuddhe: purified

• vai: indeed

• tāmra-bhājane: in a copper vessel

Speaker

Narrator (within Varāha-centered dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Material Culture
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such lines are evidence for the textual imagination of ritual implements and the prestige of copper vessels, relevant to the history of liturgical material culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual action is paired with intentionality—being 'resolved in auspicious dharma'—emphasizing correctness and purity of means.