Varaha Purana 179.14: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 14

Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

पुष्पाभावेऽर्च्चनं स्नानं देवस्पर्शं च कारयन् ॥ अनिर्माल्यनमस्कारं स्नानं पञ्चामृतॆन तु

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 179.14

Transliteration

puṣpābhāve'rcanaṃ snānaṃ devasparśaṃ ca kārayan || anirmālyanamaskāraṃ snānaṃ pañcāmṛtena tu

Translation

अगर फूल नहीं मिलते तो पूजा में मंदिर को नहा के करो। भगवान को सही तरह से छूना चाहिए। अगर पुराने फूल हटाए बिना नमाज़ किया, तो पाँच अमृत से नहो।

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Word by Word

• पुष्पाभावे: in the absence of flowers
• पुष्पाभावे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प-अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पुष्पस्य अभावः) — Locative: 'in the absence of flowers'

• अर्चनम्: worship/adoration
• अर्चनम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative object

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative object

• देवस्पर्शम्: touching the deity (image)
• देवस्पर्शम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवस्य स्पर्शः) — Accusative object

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कारयन्: causing (them) to be done / performing
• कारयन्: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'causing to be done/performing (by causing)'

• अनिर्माल्यनमस्कारम्: salutation without (wearing/using) garlands/offerings (i.e., without nirmālya)
• अनिर्माल्यनमस्कारम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-निर्माल्य-नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (निर्माल्यं न) + तत्पुरुषः (अनिर्माल्यस्य नमस्कारः) — Accusative object

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative object

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (पञ्चानाम् अमृतानाम् समाहारः) — Instrumental: 'with pañcāmṛta'

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Temple Ritual
• Purification Rites

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indicates practical ritual flexibility (substituting when flowers are unavailable) while maintaining purity etiquette, relevant to the lived operation of temples and household shrines.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named; the verse concerns general ritual procedure.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Worship should be adapted responsibly when resources are lacking, and breaches of ritual etiquette are addressed through cleansing rather than condemnation.