Varaha Purana 181.24: Adhyaya 181, Shloka 24

Ritual Procedure for Installing and Consecrating a Madhūka-Wood Icon

Devanagari script

ततः सम्पूजयेद्देवि संसारभवमुक्तये ॥ तत्र काष्ठेषु मधुकमानिय च वसुन्धरे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 181.24

Transliteration

tataḥ sampūjayed devi saṃsārabhavamuktaye || tatra kāṣṭheṣu madhukam ānīya ca vasundhare

Translation

देवी, इसके बाद पूरी तरह से पूजा करो। यह पूजा तुम्हे दुनिया के बंधन से आज़ाद कर देगी। वसुंधरे, मधुका लकड़ी लाओ और उसकी पूजा शुरू करो।

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Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अनन्तर (thereafter)

• सम्पूजयेत्: should worship
• सम्पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) (सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship fully

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• संसार-भव-मुक्तये: for liberation from worldly existence
• संसार-भव-मुक्तये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + भव (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संसारभवात् मुक्ति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन), एकवचन; dative singular (for liberation)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• काष्ठेषु: in/on the pieces of wood
• काष्ठेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; locative plural

• मधुकम्: madhuka (sweet/nectar; here: madhuka-wood/material)
• मधुकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) (आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्रायः ल्यप्/तुमुन्-समकक्ष ‘आनीय’ (gerund), पूर्वकाले क्रिया; having brought

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth / O Vasundharā
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Textual Variants

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indicates a material specification (madhuka wood) and preserves the dialogic address to Earth (Vasundharā), relevant to manuscript layering and the Purāṇa’s instructional framing.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit location is named; 'Vasundharā' is a personified address to Earth rather than a place-name.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse ties ritual completeness to the aim of release from cyclical existence, presenting careful practice as a disciplined life-orientation.