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Varaha Purana 177.28: Adhyaya 177, Shloka 28

The Curse of Sāmba and the Prescribed Observance of Sun-Worship

साम्ब साम्ब महाबाहो शृणु जाम्बवतीसुत ॥ पूर्वाचले च पूर्वाह्ने उद्यन्तं तु विभावसुम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 177.28

sāmba sāmba mahābāho śṛṇu jāmbavatīsuta || pūrvācale ca pūrvāhne udyantaṃ tu vibhāvasum

नारद ने कहा, साम्ब, सुन। तू जाम्बवती का बेटा है, बहुत ताकतवाला है। सुबह के टाइम जब सूर्य पूरब की पहाड़ी से निकलता है, उसको देख और उसकी पूजा कर।

साम्बO Sāmba
साम्ब:
सम्बोधन (सम्बोधनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसाम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)
साम्बO Sāmba
साम्ब:
सम्बोधन (सम्बोधनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसाम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular); पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
सम्बोधन (सम्बोधनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: महौ बाहू यस्य सः (one who has great arms)
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
क्रिया (आज्ञार्थक)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
जाम्बवती-सुतO son of Jāmbavatī
जाम्बवती-सुत:
सम्बोधन (सम्बोधनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootजाम्बवती (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जाम्बवत्याः सुतः (son of Jāmbavatī)
पूर्व-अचलेon the eastern mountain
पूर्व-अचले:
अधिकरण (देशाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); कर्मधारयः: पूर्वः अचलः (the eastern mountain)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
पूर्व-अह्नेin the forenoon
पूर्व-अह्ने:
अधिकरण (कालाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अहन्/अह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); कर्मधारयः: पूर्वः अह्नः (forenoon/morning)
उद्यन्तम्rising
उद्यन्तम्:
विशेषण (कर्म-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-√इ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/active present participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the object)
तुindeed/then
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (particle)
विभावसुम्the Sun (Vibhāvasu)
विभावसुम्:
कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविभावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Nārada

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
R
Ritual Timing
P
Purāṇic Instruction

FAQs

It preserves a ritual instruction linking specific times of day with devotional acts, showing how Purāṇic texts systematize worship through calendrical and directional symbolism.

‘Pūrvācala’ (the eastern mountain) is named; it functions as a sacralized directional landmark rather than a uniquely fixed modern site in this fragment.

Attentive adherence to prescribed discipline—listening to instruction and aligning practice with appropriate time and direction.

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