Varaha Purana 134.16: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 16

Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure

Upaspṛśya

Devanagari script

पादमेकैकशस्तद्वत्पञ्च पञ्च वदेत् ततः ॥ कोशौ संमृज्यतां तत्र यदीच्छेत्तु मम प्रियम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.16

Transliteration

pādam ekaikaśas tadvat pañca pañca vadet tataḥ || kośau saṃmṛjyatāṃ tatra yad icchet tu mama priyam

Translation

हर पैर को अलग-अलग पाँच बार धोना है। फिर दोनों हाथ से पोछा करो। अगर तुम मुझे खुश करना चाहते हो तो यह ज़रूर करो।

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Word by Word

• pādam: foot
• pādam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• eka-ekaśas: one by one
• eka-ekaśas: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + śas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), distributive adverb (वितरणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण)

• tadvat: likewise/so
• tadvat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb meaning 'in that manner'

• pañca: five
• pañca: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral used adverbially; indeclinable in form; here as count

• pañca: five
• pañca: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral used adverbially; repetition indicates 'five (times) five'

• vadet: should recite/say
• vadet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• kośau: the two sheaths (testicles/scrotal sacs)
• kośau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)

• saṃmṛjyatām: should be wiped/cleaned
• saṃmṛjyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+√mṛj (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्/imperative), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन); passive/impersonal sense 'let them be wiped'

• tatra: there/in that act
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), locative adverb (देशवाचक)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conditional particle (शर्तसूचक)

• icchet: should desire/wish
• icchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

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

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• priyam: what is dear/pleasing
• priyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of 'icchet'

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Counting
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Counted recitations and stepwise cleansing reflect standardized ritual pedagogy, suggesting transmission for household or temple practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Care and intentionality: correct procedure is linked to the practitioner’s intention to perform what is ‘pleasing’ (priya) to the instructor/deity.