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Varaha Purana 145.90: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 90

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

कार्त्तिके मासि यः स्नाति तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे ॥ विधिना नियतः सोऽपि मुक्तिभागी न संशयः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.90

kārttike māsi yaḥ snāti tulāsaṃsthe divākare | vidhinā niyataḥ so 'pi muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ ||

कार्तिक महीने में जब सूर्य तुला राशि में हो, अगर कोई नियम से नहाए, वो मुक्ति पा लेता है। कोई शक नहीं।

कार्त्तिकेin (the month of) Kārttika
कार्त्तिके:
अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
मासिin the month
मासि:
अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
स्नातिbathes
स्नाति:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
तुला-संस्थेwhen (the sun is) situated in Tulā (Libra)
तुला-संस्थे:
अधिकरण (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुला (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (√स्था कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तुलायां संस्थः इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘संस्थ’ = √स्था (स्थित/संस्थ) कृदन्त (past participle sense: situated)
दिवाकरेwhen the sun
दिवाकरे:
अधिकरण (Time/condition locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
विधिनाaccording to rule/ritual procedure
विधिना:
करण (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन
नियतःdisciplined/observant
नियतः:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत (√यम् कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कृदन्त/विशेषण—‘restrained, disciplined’
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (also/even)
मुक्ति-भागीa sharer in liberation / destined for liberation
मुक्ति-भागी:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—मुक्तेः भागी इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘भागी’ = भागिन्-प्रातिपदिक (possessor/recipient)
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
कर्ता (Subject in ‘न संशयः’ idiom/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Varāha (default speaker framework)

C
Classical Literature
R
Ritual Studies
A
Ancient Astronomy (Jyotiṣa references)
P
Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

It shows how Purāṇic tīrtha traditions incorporate astronomical/seasonal markers (sun’s position) into ritual calendars.

No new place-name appears; the verse continues the chapter’s bathing-site context and adds a temporal (astronomical) condition.

Emphasis on niyama (disciplined observance) and vidhī (procedural care), framing practice as regulated and mindful rather than arbitrary.

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