Varaha Purana 188.86: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 86

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

Aśauca

Devanagari script

स्नेहभावेन कर्त्तव्यः संस्कारो हि मृतस्य च ॥ मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 188.86

Transliteration

snehabhāvena karttavyaḥ saṃskāro hi mṛtasya ca || mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca ||

Translation

जब कोई मर जाता है, उसके लिए प्यार से करना चाहिए। हज़ारों माँ-बाप आए हैं, सैकड़ों बेटे-बीवी भी।

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Word by Word

• स्नेह-भावेन: with an attitude of affection
• स्नेह-भावेन: Karana (करण/Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘स्नेहस्य भावः’

• कर्त्तव्यः: should be performed
• कर्त्तव्यः: Vidhi (विधेय/obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विध्यर्थ (to be done)

• संस्कारः: rite / funeral rite
• संस्कारः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal)

• मृतस्य: of the deceased
• मृतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from मृ धातु)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of the dead (person)’

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

• माता-पितृ-सहस्राणि: thousands of mothers and fathers
• माता-पितृ-सहस्राणि: Karma (कर्म/object in enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (समाहार/सम्बन्ध: ‘मातापितॄणां सहस्राणि’)

• पुत्र-दार-शतानि: hundreds of sons and wives
• पुत्र-दार-शतानि: Karma (कर्म/object in enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘पुत्राणां दाराणां च शतानि’ (collective enumeration)

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

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Śrāddha Traditions
• Saṃsāra Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines ritual prescription with a saṃsāra-oriented reflection on repeated kinship, showing how Purāṇas embed ethics and metaphysics into rite-performance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Perform rites with humane concern (sneha) while maintaining awareness of the broader impermanence of relational identities.