Varaha Purana 187.98: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 98
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
Uttara Bhāga · Antyeṣṭi–Dāna–Prayāṇa-vidhi (Deathbed rites and meritorious gifts)
मन्त्रः— ॐ गृह्णीष्व मे सुविमलं मधुपर्कमाद्यं संसारनाशनकरं त्वमृतेन तुल्यम् ॥ नारायणेन रचितं भगवत्प्रियाणां दाहे च शान्तिकरणं सुरलोकपूज्यम् ॥
mantraḥ— oṃ gṛhṇīṣva me suvimalaṃ madhuparkam ādyaṃ saṃsāranāśanakaraṃ tv amṛtena tulyam || nārāyaṇena racitaṃ bhagavatpriyāṇāṃ dāhe ca śāntikaraṇaṃ suralokapūjyam ||
mantraH- OM gRRihNIShva me suvimalaM madhuparkamAdyaM saMsAranAshanakaraM tvamRRitena tulyam || nArAyaNena rachitaM bhagavatpriyANAM dAhe cha shAntikaraNaM suralokapUjyam
मंत्र यह है - ओम, मेरा यह साफ मधुपर्क ले ले। यह अमृत जैसा है और दुनिया के बंधन को तोड़ देता है। नारायण ने इसको बनाया है भगवान के प्यारे लोगों के लिए। यह बड़ी मुसीबत में भी शांति देता है और देवता लोग इसकी पूजा करते हैं।
Sandhi Notes
- मधुपर्कमाद्यं → मधुपर्कम् आद्यम्
- त्वमृतेन → त्वम् अमृतेन
- भगवत्प्रियाणां → भगवत्-प्रियाणाम्
- सुरलोकपूज्यम् → सुर-लोक-पूज्यम्
Varāha
What liberates is Bhagavat-priya mantra joined to offering—prasāda that cools affliction and cuts bondage.
Perform offerings as Bhagavān-directed acts: recite with purity (śuci), devotional intent, and the understanding that relief from inner ‘burning’ comes through Nārāyaṇa-prasāda.
The madhuparka-offering becomes a micro-yajña where Nārāyaṇa’s revealed mantra functions as amṛta (immortality) through sacred speech; ‘burning’ (dāha) is pacified by Vaiṣṇava śānti, aligning ritual offering with inner cooling of saṃsāric heat (tāpa).
Madhuparka ≈ amṛta; Oṃ as the yajña-seed; the offerer’s act as āhuti; ‘surāloka-pūjya’ frames the rite as deva-approved sacrifice.
Saṃsāra-nāśa is attributed not to material substance alone but to Nārāyaṇa-prasāda mediated by mantra (nāma/śabda-brahman), implying liberation through surrender and sanctified intention.
Recite the stated Oṃ-mantra while offering the supremely pure madhuparka, conceived as saṃsāra-destroying and nectar-like, attributed to Nārāyaṇa and honored among the gods.
Faithful recitation with offering is said to destroy saṃsāra-bondage and pacify burning afflictions; omission forfeits the promised śānti and salvific fruit.
Varāha Purāṇa 187.108.0 (instruction to recite); Varāha Purāṇa 187.111.0 (soteriological claim after prāṇa-departure)
FAQs
It preserves a self-contained mantra embedded in narrative instruction, valuable for tracing the transmission of liturgical formulae within Purāṇic manuscripts.
No earthly geography is named; ‘suraloka’ is a cosmological realm rather than a historical location.
To offer a ritual support (madhuparka) with purified intention and appropriate recitation, framed as comfort and moral-spiritual assistance.
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