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Varaha Purana 134.67: Adhyaya 134, Shloka 67

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

Upaspṛśya

त्रीणि वारान्स्पृशेत्तत्र शिरो ब्रह्मणि संस्थितः ॥ त्रीणि वारान्पुनस्तत्र उभे ते कर्णनासिके ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 134.67

trīṇi vārān spṛśet tatra śiro brahmaṇi saṃsthitaḥ | trīṇi vārān punas tatra ubhe te karṇanāsike ||

वहाँ जाके भगवान को याद करते हुए सर को तीन बार छूओ। फिर दोनों कान और नाक को भी तीन बार छूओ।

त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
विशेषण (adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (nom/acc), बहुवचन (plural); संख्याविशेषण
वारान्times (occasions)
वारान्:
कर्म (Karma / object; ‘times’)
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), बहुवचन
स्पृशेत्should touch
स्पृशेत्:
क्रिया (injunctive action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa / location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
कर्म (Karma / object)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन
ब्रह्मणिin Brahman / in the sacred (Brahman)
ब्रह्मणि:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa / locus)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन
संस्थितःbeing placed/standing (situated)
संस्थितः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (adjectival to implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्+स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त (past participle)
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
वारान्times
वारान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: again)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)
उभेboth
उभे:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (dual)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन; (वैकल्पिकं: चतुर्थी/द्वितीया बहुवचन ‘to/for you’), अत्र ‘your’ अर्थे
कर्णनासिकेthe two: ear(s) and nostril(s)
कर्णनासिके:
कर्म (Karma / objects touched)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण-नासिका (प्रातिपदिक; कर्ण + नासिका)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (itaretara-dvandva)

Varāha (implied response to Dharaṇī’s question)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
R
Ritual Purification
D
Dharma Procedure

FAQs

It preserves a concrete sequence of bodily gestures used for ritual purification, valuable for reconstructing lived practice and its textual codification.

No location is stated; the verse is procedural.

Ritual discipline is enacted through precise, repeatable actions intended to restore or maintain purity.

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