Varaha Purana 187.47: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 47

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

पूर्वसन्ध्यानु सम्प्राप्ता उदिते च दिवाकरे ॥ सन्ध्याविधिं विनिवर्त्य हुत्वाग्नीन् द्विजसत्तमः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.47

Transliteration

pūrvasandhyānu samprāptā udite ca divākare || sandhyāvidhiṃ vinivartya hutvāgnīn dvijasattamaḥ ||

Translation

जब सुबह हुई और सूरज निकला, उस ब्राह्मण ने अपनी पूजा खतम की। फिर अग्नि में हवन किया।

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Word by Word

• पूर्वसन्ध्याम्: the morning twilight
• पूर्वसन्ध्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पूर्वा सा सन्ध्या)

• अनु: after
• अनु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb: after, following)

• सम्प्राप्ता: arrived/occurred
• सम्प्राप्ता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with implied ‘सन्ध्या’/‘वेला’

• उदिते: when risen
• उदिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) used as locative absolute; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘when (it) had risen’

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

• दिवाकरे: in the sun / when the sun (had risen)
• दिवाकरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative (in/at the sun)

• सन्ध्याविधिम्: the twilight rite
• सन्ध्याविधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सन्ध्यायाः विधिः)

• विनिवर्त्य: having performed/finished
• विनिवर्त्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having completed/turned back from’

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having offered (oblation)’

• अग्नीन्: fires (sacred fires)
• अग्नीन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• द्विजसत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजसत्तमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘श्रेष्ठः द्विजानाम्’

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vedic-Purāṇic Ritual
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It attests to standardized daily ritual cycles (sandhyā and fire offerings) as narrative markers and as normative practice in dharma-oriented literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified; the verse is structured around time (morning twilight, sunrise).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Maintain regularity and correctness in daily rites; disciplined routine is presented as a stabilizing norm.