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Varaha Purana 14.41: Adhyaya 14, Shloka 41

Ritual Procedure for Śrāddha: Sequence, Eligibility, and Offerings to Ancestors

जानन्तं प्रथमं पित्र्यं तथा मातामहेषु च । विसर्जयेत् प्रीतिवचः सम्मान्याभ्यर्थितांस्ततः । निवर्त्तेताभ्यनुज्ञात आद्वारान्तमनुव्रजेत् ॥ १४.४१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 14.41

jānantaṃ prathamaṃ pitryaṃ tathā mātāmaheṣu ca | visarjayet prītivacaḥ sammānyābhyarthitāṃs tataḥ | nivarttetābhyanujñāta ādvārāntam anuvrajet || 14.41 ||

पहले पिताजी के तरफ के बड़े लोगों को रेस्पेक्ट देकर भेजो। फिर नाना के तरफ के बड़ों को भी ऐसे ही भेजो। उनसे प्यार से बात करो और इज्जत दो। जब वो इजाज़त दे दें, तो उन्हे दरवाज़े तक छोड़ के आओ।

jānantamknowing / aware (one)
jānantam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñā (धातु) → jānant (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; qualifying the person being addressed/seen
prathamamfirst / firstly
prathamam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
pitryamthe paternal (rite/śrāddha)
pitryam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘पितृसम्बन्धि श्राद्धम्’ sense
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/उपमानार्थ)
mātāmaheṣuamong/with the maternal grandfathers (ancestors)
mātāmaheṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmātāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/and)
visarjayetshould dismiss / take leave of
visarjayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvisṛj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
prītivacaḥpleasing words
prītivacaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprīti-vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: प्रीतेः वचः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
sammānyahaving honored / after honoring
sammānya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam + mān (धातु) → sammānya (क्त्वा-सम्भव/absolutive base used as indeclinable)
Formअव्यय (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ‘सम्मान्य’ = सम्मानं कृत्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रियाविशेषण
abhyarthitānthose who were requested/invited
abhyarthitān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhi-arthita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; qualifies persons (guests/elders)
tataḥthen / thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रम/then, thereafter)
nivarttetashould return
nivartteta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni + vṛt (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
abhyanujñātaḥhaving been given permission
abhyanujñātaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhi-anu-jñā (धातु) → abhyanujñāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘having been permitted’
ā-dvārāntamup to the doorway
ā-dvārāntam:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdvāra-anta (प्रातिपदिक) with ā- (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास (आ + द्वारान्तम्), द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत्; limit expression
anuvrajetshould accompany/follow
anuvrajet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootanu + vraj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in the excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
R
Ritual Studies
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It preserves a normative etiquette sequence within ancestral-rite contexts (Śrāddha-related hospitality), illustrating how Purāṇic literature also functions as a record of social and ritual protocol.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is domestic/ritual conduct (escorting guests to the doorway).

To honor and courteously see off elders/relatives from both paternal and maternal lines—using respectful speech, seeking/receiving consent, and escorting them to the threshold as a sign of regard.

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