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Varaha Purana 179.8: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 8

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

तथैव देवपूजायां निषिद्धकुसुमार्च्चनम् ॥ अनुत्तार्य च निर्माल्यं पूजा क्षीणान्धकारयोः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 179.8

tathaiva deva-pūjāyāṃ niṣiddha-kusumārccanam || anuttārya ca nirmālyaṃ pūjā kṣīṇāndhakārayoḥ ||

भगवान की पूजा में वो फूल नहीं चढ़ाने जो मना हैं। जो फूल पहले से चढ़े हैं वो हटा के नए फूल लगाओ। अंधेरा हो या रोशनी कम हो, उस टाइम पूजा करना भी सही नहीं है।

तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक
देव-पूजायाम्in the worship of a deity
देव-पूजायाम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवस्य पूजा)
निषिद्ध-कुसुम-अर्चनम्offering forbidden flowers
निषिद्ध-कुसुम-अर्चनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिषिद्ध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (निषिद्धानि कुसुमानि—तेषाम् अर्चनम्)
अनुत्तार्यwithout removing
अनुत्तार्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/अव्ययभाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत्-तॄ (धातु) + अ (उपसर्ग/नञ्)
Formकृदन्त-अव्यय (gerund/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक), नकारार्थ (without removing); अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (having not removed)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
निर्माल्यम्withered/used offerings (garlands etc.)
निर्माल्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पूजाworship
पूजा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
क्षीण-अन्धकारयोःin/at the time of diminished darkness (twilight conditions)
क्षीण-अन्धकारयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीण (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अन्धकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष (क्षीणः अन्धकारः—तयोः)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
T
Temple Ritual
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It records procedural norms of temple worship—especially rules about offerings and remnants—useful for reconstructing ritual practice and material culture.

None; the verse addresses general worship procedure rather than a named tīrtha.

To maintain ritual propriety in worship by avoiding prohibited offerings and by properly managing remnants (nirmālya) and conditions of performance.

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