Varaha Purana 182.14: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 14

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माक्षरसहस्राणि पठतां ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥ येषां पठितशब्देन शुभगीतस्वरेण च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.14

Transliteration

brahmākṣarasahasrāṇi paṭhatāṃ brahmavādinām || yeṣāṃ paṭhitaśabdena śubhagītasvareṇa ca ||

Translation

जो लोग ब्रह्मा के श्रेष्ठ ज्ञान को समझाते हैं, वो हज़ारों शब्द पढ़ते हैं। उनकी आवाज़ और सुर से सब अच्छा होता है।

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Word by Word

• brahma-akṣara-sahasrāṇi: thousands of sacred syllables/letters
• brahma-akṣara-sahasrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषसमास (‘thousands of Brahman-syllables/letters’)

• paṭhatām: of those reciting
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त) in genitive plural usage: ‘of those who are reciting’ (पठताम् = पठत् + आम्)

• brahmavādinām: of the Vedic expounders
• brahmavādinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषसमास (‘speakers/expounders of Brahman/Veda’)

• yeṣām: of whom; whose
• yeṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• paṭhita-śabdena: by the sound of recitation
• paṭhita-śabdena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭhita (पठ् धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषसमास (‘by the sound of what is recited’)

• śubha-gīta-svareṇa: by the auspicious singing tone
• śubha-gīta-svareṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषसमास (‘by the tone of auspicious song’)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vedic Learning
• Recitation Culture
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a culture where sonic transmission—measured in akṣaras (syllables)—functions as a key marker of learning and ritual efficacy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Commitment to learned, careful recitation and the cultivation of auspicious speech.