Varaha Purana 218.51: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 51

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Devanagari script

दीपोच्छिष्टस्य तैलस्य करलेपेन पूजने ॥ श्मशानगमने स्पृष्टपूजने चैव शोधने

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.51

Transliteration

dīpocchiṣṭasya tailasya karalepena pūjane || śmaśānagamane spṛṣṭapūjane caiva śodhane

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

यह लाइन पूजा के कुछ नियम बताती है। जैसे दिया के बाकी तेल से हाथ लगाके पूजा करना। कब्रिस्तान जाना। पूजा में किसी ने हाथ लगाया हो तो उसको साफ करना। और ऐसे ही दूसरी साफ करने के तरीके हैं।

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• दीप: lamp
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासपूर्वपद (as prior member); here in compound with उच्छिष्ट
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound-member)
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टस्य: of the leftover (remnant)
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘of the leftover/remnant’
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• तैलस्य: of oil
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of oil’
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)

• करलेपेन: by hand-smearing
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘करस्य लेपः’ (smearing by/with the hand)
• Role: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Root: कर + लेप (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूजने: in worship
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in worship’
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-context)
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्मशानगमने: in going to the cremation ground
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘श्मशानस्य गमनम्’ (going to the cremation-ground)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Root: श्मशान + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्पृष्टपूजने: in (a case of) touched/defiled worship
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘स्पृष्टं पूजनम्’ (touched/defiled worship)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Root: स्पृष्ट (कृदन्त) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/just)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• शोधने: in purification
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in purification/cleansing’
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Root: शोधन (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• दीपोच्छिष्टस्य = दीप + उच्छिष्टस्य (compound in sense ‘lamp-remnant’)
• written as one in text. चैव = च + एव

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bibhatsa rasaSetting: Liminal sacred/impure space

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ritual ethics (śauca)

Subjects

Ritual purityEthics (norms of conduct)Ritual procedure

Core idea

Outer cleanliness functions as a pedagogy for inner attentiveness—pūjā requires intentionality, respect, and boundary-keeping around sacred acts.

In practice

Before worship: wash hands/limbs, avoid using contaminated remnants, and if exposed to death-impurity or accidental touch-contamination, perform prescribed cleansing (snāna, ācamana, clean garments, re-sanctification of items) before resuming pūjā.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharmaśāstra Interface
• Ritual Studies
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indexes purity/pollution concerns that overlap with Dharmaśāstra discourse, showing how Purāṇas also served as practical ritual-ethical handbooks.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; “śmaśāna” is a functional place-type rather than a named site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It emphasizes carefulness in ritual contexts and the availability of purification procedures after contact with ritually sensitive substances or spaces.