Varaha Purana 135.11: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 11

Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda

Devanagari script

संस्पृशेत्सोऽपि धर्मात्मा येन लोकं मम व्रजेत् ॥ अक्ष्णोराच्छादनं कृत्वा दिनानि दश पञ्च च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.11

Transliteration

saṁspṛśet so 'pi dharmātmā yena lokaṁ mama vrajet | akṣṇor ācchādanaṁ kṛtvā dināni daśa pañca ca ||

Translation

जो धरम वाला है वो भी सही तरह से टच करे ताकि मेरा लोक मिले। आँखों पर पट्टी बाँध के पंद्रह दिन रखनी है।

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Word by Word

• saṁspṛśet: should touch
• saṁspṛśet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṁ-spṛś (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Third person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• dharmātmā: a righteous-souled one
• dharmātmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); Bahuvrīhi: 'whose self is dharma' = righteous person

• yena: by which/through whom
• yena: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• lokam: world/realm
• lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), First person pronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• vrajet: should go/attain
• vrajet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Third person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• akṣṇoḥ: of (both) eyes
• akṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Dual (द्विवचन)

• ācchādanam: covering
• ācchādanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-√chad (धातु) + ana (प्रत्यय) (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), 'having done/made'

• dināni: days
• dināni: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like in form; qualifying 'dināni'

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), qualifying 'dināni'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speaker

Varāha addressing Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse illustrates how Purāṇic texts integrate expiatory disciplines with soteriological aims (attaining a divine realm), blending normative practice and devotional cosmology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is specified; “my world” (mama loka) is a cosmological/otherworldly reference rather than a mapped site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A prescribed bodily restraint (covering the eyes for a set duration) is presented as part of a corrective discipline tied to moral rectification.