Varaha Purana 182.15: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 15

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

पुनरावाहनं कुर्यान्मन्त्रेणानेन सुव्रतः ॥ आगच्छ हे देव सुमन्त्रयुक्तः पञ्चेन्द्रियैः षट्सु तथा प्रधानः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.15

Transliteration

punarāvāhanaṃ kuryān mantreṇānena suvrataḥ || āgaccha he deva sumantrayuktaḥ pañcendriyaiḥ ṣaṭsu tathā pradhānaḥ ||

Translation

फिर से भगवान को बुलाओ इस मंत्र से। बोलो, हे देव आओ। तुम्हारा मंत्र अच्छा है। पाँच इंद्रियों और चीज़ों के साथ आओ।

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Word by Word

• punar-āvāhanam: re-invocation; calling again
• punar-āvāhanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + āvāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभावसमास (‘re-invocation’)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• mantreṇa: with a mantra
• mantreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• anena: with this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक)

• suvrataḥ: the well-vowed (practitioner)
• suvrataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयसमास (‘one of good vow/observance’)

• āgaccha: come!
• āgaccha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (आ+गम् धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd Person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• he: O!
• he: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle (सम्बोधनार्थक अव्यय)

• deva: O god; O Lord
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8th), Singular (एकवचन)

• su-mantra-yuktaḥ: endowed with good mantras
• su-mantra-yuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युज् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषसमास (‘endowed with good mantras’)

• pañca-indriyaiḥ: with the five senses
• pañca-indriyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); द्विगुसमास (‘with the five senses’)

• ṣaṭsu: in/among the six
• ṣaṭsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral used substantively (‘in/among six’)

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• pradhānaḥ: chief; principal
• pradhānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mantra
• Sāṃkhya Vocabulary
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how Purāṇic ritual mantras can incorporate philosophical vocabulary (e.g., pradhāna), indicating cross-pollination between ritual liturgy and Sāṃkhya-style cosmological categories.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is a mantra used in ritual settings rather than a description of place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual responsibility: the practitioner is instructed to re-invoke with discipline (suvrata) and correct formula (mantra).