Varaha Purana 41.9: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 9

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Pūrva Bhāga · Ritual and Icon Installation (Mūrti-sthāpana / Pūjā-vidhi)

Devanagari script

सर्वबीजभृते पात्रे रत्नगर्भं घटोपरि । स्थापयेत् परमं देवं जातरूपमयं हरिम् ॥ ४१.९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 41.9

Transliteration

sarvabījabhṛte pātre ratnagarbhaṃ ghaṭopari | sthāpayet paramaṃ devaṃ jātarūpamayaṃ harim || 41.9 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

उस बर्तन में सारे बीज डाल के, उसके ऊपर कलश रखना है। फिर उसमें सोना का भगवान की मूर्ति स्थापित करनी है।

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Word by Word

• सर्वबीजभृते: in the vessel bearing all seeds
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सर्वबीजानि भृणोति इति (bearing all seeds)
• Role: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of पात्रे)
• Root: सर्वबीज + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पात्रे: in the vessel
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
• Role: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रत्नगर्भम्: jewel-filled
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रत्नानां गर्भः (having jewels within / jewel-filled)
• Role: कर्म (Karma)
• Root: रत्न + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• घट-उपरि: upon the pot
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: उपरि इति देशवाचक अव्यय; ‘on/above’; घट (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-संबन्ध) + उपरि = ‘upon the pot’ (written as compound-like)
• Role: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Root: घट (प्रातिपदिक) + उपरि (अव्यय)

• स्थापयेत्: should place/establish
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Root: √स्था + णिच् (स्थापय) (धातु)

• परमम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of देवं)
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: god, deity
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातरूपमयम्: made of gold
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त ‘मय’ (made of); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जातरूपस्य मयः (made of gold)
• Role: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of हरिम्)
• Root: जातरूप + मय (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम
• Role: कर्म (Karma)
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• घट + उपरि → घटोपरि
• सर्वबीजभृते is a tatpuruṣa adjective qualifying पात्रे

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasaSetting: Altar/shrine installation space

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ritual metaphysics

Subjects

Ritual PracticeMaterial CultureIconography

Core idea

The Lord is placed ‘above’ the totality of seeds: divinity transcends yet supports all generative forces.

In practice

In worship and life, place the highest principle (Hari/dharma) at the ‘top’ of one’s priorities, governing material potentials.

Symbolism of the boar

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic template for domestic/temple ritual procedure, linking material objects (vessel, pot, gold icon) with formal installation (sthāpana) practices documented across early medieval Sanskrit ritual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is framed as a general ritual instruction rather than a place-based māhātmya passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes careful, orderly ritual conduct and stewardship of symbolic materials (seeds, vessel, precious contents) as part of a disciplined cultural practice.