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Varaha Purana 50.7: Adhyaya 50, Shloka 7

The Procedure for the Dharaṇī Vow

Kārtika Dvādaśī Observance

जगद्ग्रसिष्णवे पूज्य उदरं दिव्यमूर्तये । कटिं सहस्रपादाय पादौ देवस्य पूजयेत् ॥ ५०.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 50.7

jagadgrasiṣṇave pūjya udaraṃ divyamūrtaye | kaṭiṃ sahasrapādāya pādau devasya pūjayet || 50.7 ||

भगवान की पूजा ऐसे करनी चाहिए। जो पूरा संसार को अपने अंदर ले ले, उसकी पेट की पूजा करो। जो दिव्य रूप वाले हैं, उनकी कमर की पूजा करो। और जो सहस्त्र पाद कहते हैं, उनके चरण की पूजा करो।

जगत्world, universe
जगत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; compound-member)
ग्रसिष्णवेto the devourer/consumer
ग्रसिष्णवे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रस् (धातु) + इष्णु (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → ग्रसिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (masculine dative singular; desiderative/agentive -iṣṇu)
पूज्यworthy of worship
पूज्य:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज् (धातु) + य (कृदन्त) → पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्यय (masculine nominative singular; ‘worthy of worship’)
उदरम्belly
उदरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)
दिव्यdivine
दिव्य:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (neuter dative singular; as compound member)
मूर्तयेto the form/image
मूर्तये:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (feminine dative singular)
कटिम्waist/hip
कटिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (feminine accusative singular)
सहस्रthousand
सहस्र:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (numeral/quantifier as compound member)
पादायto the (one with) feet
पादाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद (masculine dative singular; compound head)
पादौ(two) feet
पादौ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन (masculine accusative dual)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (masculine genitive singular)
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular)

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology
R
Ritual Procedure

FAQs

It reflects a documented Purāṇic ritual idiom in which divine attributes are mapped onto bodily ‘limbs’ (aṅgas), offering evidence for the development of iconographic and liturgical systems in early-medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual-iconographic rather than topographical.

The verse presents a philosophical instruction of contemplative reverence: the worshipper is guided to recognize cosmic-scale qualities (encompassing the universe, divine embodiment, vast stride) through a structured, non-sectarian ritual attention to the deity’s form.

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