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Varaha Purana 187.43: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 43

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

एवं निवृत्तसंध्यायां ततो रात्रिरुपागता ॥ पुनश्चिन्तितुमारब्धः शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.43

evaṃ nivṛttasaṃdhyāyāṃ tato rātrir upāgatā || punaścintitumārabdhaḥ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ ||

शाम की पूजा खत्म हुई और रात आ गई। फिर से उसने सोचने लगा। उसका मन दुख से भर गया था और चिंता हो रही थी।

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)
निवृत्त-संध्यायाम्when twilight had ended
निवृत्त-संध्यायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिवृत्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव: निवृत्ता संध्या) समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formततः-शब्दः; अपादान/क्रमसूचक अव्यय (then/from that)
रात्रिःnight
रात्रिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उपागताarrived/came
उपागता:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: गम्, उपसर्ग: उप+आ
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (again)
चिन्तितुम्to think
चिन्तितुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitival complement)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), अव्यय; धातु: चिन्त्
आरब्धःbegan/undertook
आरब्धः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-रभ् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ
शोक-संविग्न-मानसःwhose mind was distressed by grief
शोक-संविग्न-मानसः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + संविग्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (one whose mind is agitated by grief)

Narrator voice within Varāha Purāṇa (default to Varāha framework if required)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
R
Ritual Studies

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It documents the integration of daily ritual time (saṃdhyā) into narrative structure, showing how Purāṇas embed practice within storytelling.

None; temporal markers (twilight, night) are used rather than place-names.

The verse primarily describes a state rather than issuing a command; it foregrounds the moral-psychological weight of grief following ritual completion.

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