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Varaha Purana 185.2: Adhyaya 185, Shloka 2

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ज्येष्ठायां चैव नक्षत्रे मम वेश्मन्युपानयेत् ॥ गीतवादित्रशब्देन बहुभिर्मङ्गलैस्तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 185.2

jyeṣṭhāyāṃ caiva nakṣatre mama veśmany upānayet || gīta-vāditra-śabdena bahubhir maṅgalais tathā ||

ज्येष्ठ नक्षत्र में मूर्ति को मेरे मंदिर में लाओ। गाना बजाना के साथ और बहुत सारे मंगल काम के साथ लाओ।

ज्येष्ठायाम्in (the nakṣatra) Jyeṣṭhā
ज्येष्ठायाम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeNoun
Rootज्येष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; नक्षत्र-नाम (name of lunar mansion)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय
एवindeed / just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphatic particle), अव्यय
नक्षत्रेin the constellation (nakṣatra)
नक्षत्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-context)
TypeNoun
Rootनक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
वेश्मनिin the house
वेश्मनि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootवेश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
उपानयेत्should bring (it) near
उपानयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Instruction)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-नी (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विध्यर्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should bring/lead near’
गीत-वादित्र-शब्देनwith the sound of songs and instruments
गीत-वादित्र-शब्देन:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; समास: गीतवादित्र (द्वन्द्व/समाहार: ‘song and instruments’) + शब्द (तत्पुरुष: ‘sound of’)
बहुभिःwith many
बहुभिः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण of मङ्गलैः
मङ्गलैःauspicious rites/auspicious things
मङ्गलैः:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन
तथाlikewise / thus
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘thus/likewise’ (adverb)

Varāha (explicit frame continues from 185.1)

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
N
Nakṣatra Calendar
P
Processional Ritual

FAQs

It evidences nakṣatra-based scheduling and festive procession elements (music, auspicious observances) in consecration culture.

No specific site is named; “veśman” refers to the ritual destination (house/shrine).

Ritual actions are to be performed with care for timing, communal order, and auspicious decorum rather than haste or negligence.

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