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Varaha Purana 174.98: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 98

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

तावद्व्रतं तु कर्तव्यं यावदेकं क्षयं व्रजेत् ॥ तीर्थस्यैव प्रभावो हि प्रत्यक्षमिह दृश्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.98

tāvad vrataṁ tu kartavyaṁ yāvad ekaṁ kṣayaṁ vrajet || tīrthasyaiva prabhāvo hi pratyakṣam iha dṛśyate ||

व्रत तब तक करना जब तक पूरा न हो जाए। इस तीर्थ की ताकत यहाँ साफ दिखती है। लोग देख भी सकते हैं।

तावत्so long / until then
तावत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
व्रतम्vow/observance
व्रतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (context: object of कर्तव्यम्)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle)
कर्तव्यम्must be done
कर्तव्यम्:
Vidhi (विधि)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (gerundive/obligative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate) — 'to be done'
यावत्as long as / until
यावत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्धे (correlative)
एकम्one
एकम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of क्षयम्
क्षयम्destruction/ending
क्षयम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
व्रजेत्may go/attain
व्रजेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√व्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना-विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तीर्थस्यof the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
तीर्थस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)
प्रभावःpower/effect
प्रभावः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
हिfor/indeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक निपात
प्रत्यक्षम्directly/manifestly
प्रत्यक्षम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as predicate/adverbial)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
दृश्यतेis seen/appears
दृश्यते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Unspecified (defaults to Varāha as instructor in this narrative frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
H
Heritage Sites
R
Ritual Studies

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It preserves a normative statement about vow-practice tied to tīrtha culture, relevant for understanding how pilgrimage and discipline were textualized as socially verifiable practices.

No specific site-name appears in this verse; it speaks generally about the observable efficacy of a tīrtha.

Sustained discipline: one should complete a vow properly rather than treat observance as intermittent or casual.

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