Varaha Purana 188.81: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 81

Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity

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Devanagari script

मन्त्रयुक्तोपचारेण चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सर्वतः ॥ वृषलानाममन्त्राणां प्रयोक्‍तव्यं यथाविधि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 188.81

Transliteration

mantrayuktopacāreṇa cāturvarṇyasya sarvataḥ || vṛṣalānām amantrāṇāṃ prayoktavyaṃ yathāvidhi ||

Translation

चारों वर्ण के लोगों के लिए मंत्र के साथ पूजा करनी है। लेकिन जैसे शूद्रों के लिए बिना मंत्र के करना है। यह भी सही तरह करना है।

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• मन्त्रयुक्तोपचारेण: by worship/service accompanied with mantras
• मन्त्रयुक्तोपचारेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + युक्त + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—(मन्त्रयुक्तः उपचारः) कर्मधारय + तत्पुरुष-भाव (समस्तपद)

• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य: of the four varṇas; of the fourfold social order
• चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्वर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (चत्वारः वर्णाः यस्य/समूहः)

• सर्वतः: everywhere; in all respects
• सर्वतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वप्रकारवाचक (in every way/from all sides)

• वृषलानाम्: of śūdras/outcastes (vṛṣalas)
• वृषलानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अमन्त्राणाम्: of those without mantras; non-mantric
• अमन्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (without mantras)

• प्रयोक्तव्यम्: should be employed; is to be used
• प्रयोक्तव्यम्: Vidhi (विधि/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + युज् (धातु) → प्रयोक्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि ‘should be employed/used’

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• विधि: prescribed rule
• विधि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (यथा + विधौ)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Historical Dharmaśāstra
• Social Stratification in Texts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a stratified ritual taxonomy found in some premodern legal-ritual literature, useful for studying how mantra-eligibility and social categories were textualized.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To follow the text’s prescribed procedure (yathāvidhi) while distinguishing between mantra-based and non-mantra performance as the passage defines.