Varaha Purana 135.12: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

एकाहारं ततः कृत्वा दिनविंशं समाहितः ॥ यस्य कस्यापि मासस्य एकामेव च द्वादशीम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 135.12

Transliteration

ekāhāraṁ tataḥ kṛtvā dinaviṁśaṁ samāhitaḥ | yasya kasyāpi māsasya ekām eva ca dvādaśīm ||

Translation

फिर एक वक्त का खाना खाके बीस दिन बिताना है, शांत हो के। किसी भी महीने में एक द्वादशी का व्रत रखना है।

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Word by Word

• ekāhāram: one meal (a day)
• ekāhāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंlिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: 'one-meal (diet)'

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: Adverb (ततः), 'then/thereafter'

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

• dina-viṁśam: for twenty days
• dina-viṁśam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina + viṁśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: 'twenty days' (duration)

• samāhitaḥ: composed/collected (in mind)
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• yasya: of which/of whatever
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• kasya: of some/any
• kasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative/indefinite pronoun (किम्), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: even/any
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), indefinitizing with pronoun

• māsasya: of a month
• māsasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• ekām: one
• ekām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'dvādaśīm'

• eva: only/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), restrictive/emphatic

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

• dvādaśīm: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādāśī)
• dvādaśīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha addressing Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Calendrical Observances
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a structured, time-bound regimen typical of expiation manuals, including fasting practices and lunar-day observances that inform the history of Hindu calendrical piety.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is identified; the verse is calendrical (māsa, dvādaśī) rather than geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral correction is framed as sustained self-discipline: regulated diet, mental composure, and observance of a ritually significant lunar day.