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Varaha Purana 211.51: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 51

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

अतीव महती तस्यां सर्वं कृतमिहाक्षयम् ॥ उत्तराभाद्रसहिता यदि सैकादशी भवेत

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 211.51

atīva mahatī tasyāṁ sarvaṁ kṛtam ihākṣayam || uttarābhādrasahitā yadi saikādaśī bhavet

वो दिन बहुत बड़ा होता है। उस दिन जो भी करम होता है वो कभी खत्म नहीं होता। यह तब होता है जब एकादशी उत्तराभाद्रपद नक्षत्र के साथ आती है।

atīvaexceedingly
atīva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatīva (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/तीव्रता-वाचक-अव्यय (intensifier adverb)
mahatīgreat
mahatī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of (dvādaśī implied)
tasyāmon that (day)
tasyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
kṛtamdone/performed
kṛtam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'done' qualifying sarvam
ihahere (in this world)
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this world)
akṣayamimperishable/inexhaustible
akṣayam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); predicate adjective of sarvam kṛtam
uttarā-bhādra-sahitāaccompanied by Uttarabhādrapadā
uttarā-bhādra-sahitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttarā + bhādra + sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): उत्तराभाद्रसहिता (= accompanied by Uttarabhādrapadā); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of (ekādaśī)
yadiif
yadi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)
sāthat (she/it)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ekādaśīEkādaśī
ekādaśī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
bhavetmay be/occurs
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
H
Hindu Calendar Studies
N
Nakṣatra Yoga

FAQs

It shows how Purāṇic ritual manuals assign heightened value to observances based on nakṣatra conjunctions, illuminating the lived interface of astronomy and ethics.

No geographic location is specified; the reference is to a nakṣatra (Uttarābhādrapadā).

Performing disciplined acts on specially configured Ekādaśī is presented as yielding enduring (akṣaya) results, encouraging careful calendrical observance.

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