Varaha Purana 160.3: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 3

The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation

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Devanagari script

उपवासरतः सम्यगल्पमेध्याशनोऽथवा ॥ दन्तकाष्ठं च सायाह्ने कृत्वा शुद्ध्यर्थमात्मनः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 160.3

Transliteration

upavāsarataḥ samyag alpamedhyāśano 'thavā || dantakāṣṭhaṁ ca sāyāhne kṛtvā śuddhyartham ātmanaḥ

Translation

दिन भर व्रत रखना चाहिए, या फिर थोड़ा सा खाना जो साफ हो। शाम को दाँतों के लिए लकड़ी का इस्तेमाल करो, अपने आप को साफ करने के लिए।

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Word by Word

• upavāsa-rataḥ: engaged in fasting
• upavāsa-rataḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपवासे रतः इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम्

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• alpa-medhya-aśanaḥ: eating little and pure food
• alpa-medhya-aśanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa (प्रातिपदिक) + medhya (प्रातिपदिक) + aśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अल्पं मेध्यं च अशनम् यस्य/यः इति (अल्प-मेध्य) उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-समास-समुच्चयः, ततः अशन-सम्बद्धः; विशेषणम्

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• danta-kāṣṭham: tooth-stick
• danta-kāṣṭham: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; दन्तानां काष्ठम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• sāya-ahne: in the evening
• sāya-ahne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययार्थ) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सायम् + अह्नि इति अव्ययीभावः (time-locative)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); कृत्वा = having done

• śuddhi-artham: for purification
• śuddhi-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शुद्ध्यर्थम् = शुद्धेः अर्थम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (purpose)

• ātmanaḥ: of oneself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (continued instruction)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records embodied disciplines (diet, fasting, hygiene) as part of pilgrimage praxis, relevant to the study of lived religion and historical health-ritual interfaces.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new location is named here; it continues the preparatory regimen for the Mathurā circumambulation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moderation and purity—self-regulation of food and bodily care are framed as ethical supports for ritual attentiveness.