Varaha Purana 188.87: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 87

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

Aśauca

Devanagari script

संसारेष्वनुभूतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम् ॥ स्वयम्भुवा विधिः प्रोक्तः प्रेतसंस्कारलक्षणः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 188.87

Transliteration

saṃsāreṣv anubhūtāni kasya te kasya vā vayam || svayambhuvā vidhiḥ proktaḥ pretasaṃskāralakṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

जनम-मरण के चक्कर में जो भी हुआ, किसका है और हम किसका हैं? ब्रह्मा ने बताया है मरने के बाद क्या करना है।

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Word by Word

• संसारेषु: in (various) worldly existences
• संसारेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• अनुभूतानि: experienced
• अनुभूतानि: Karta/Karma (contextual; predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘experienced’

• कस्य: of whom
• कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (‘your’)

• कस्य: of whom
• कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वयम्भुवा: by Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• स्वयम्भुवा: Karana (करण/Agent-in-instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by Svayambhū (Brahmā)’

• विधिः: rule / ordinance
• विधिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was proclaimed
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘declared/said’

• प्रेत-संस्कार-लक्षणः: characterized as the rites for the departed
• प्रेत-संस्कार-लक्षणः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण; qualifying ‘विधिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘प्रेतसंस्कारस्य लक्षणम्’ (having the characteristic/definition of funeral rites)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

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• Purāṇic Ethics
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• Purāṇic Ritual

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

By attributing the procedure to Svayambhū, the passage claims authoritative antiquity for funerary regulations while pairing them with reflective saṃsāra discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified; the verse is doctrinal and procedural.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To contextualize personal identity and possession within saṃsāra while adhering to an established, authoritative funerary procedure.