Varaha Purana 60.2: Adhyaya 60, Shloka 2

The Rite of the Śāntivrata: A Yearlong Observance with Viṣṇu-on-Śeṣa and Nāga-Anganyāsa Worship

Pūrva Bhāga · Vrata-vidhi (Kārttika observances)

Devanagari script

पञ्चम्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य कार्त्तिके मासि सुव्रत । अरभेद् वर्षमेकं तु भुञ्जीयादम्लवर्जितम् ॥ ६०.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 60.2

Transliteration

pañcamyāṁ śuklapakṣasya kārttike māsi suvrata | arābhed varṣam ekaṁ tu bhuñjīyād amla-varjitam || 60.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

कार्तिक महीने के शुक्ल पक्ष की पाँचवी तारीख से शुरू करो। एक साल तक खाना खाना, लेकिन खट्टा बिल्कुल नहीं। अम्ल मतलब खट्टी चीज़ें छोड़ दो।

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Word by Word

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (tithi)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-Time)
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्ल-पक्षस्य: of the bright fortnight
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शुक्लः पक्षः)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कार्त्तिके: in Kārttika
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)

• मासि: in the month
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्य)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरभेत्: should begin
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: आ-
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Root: रभ्/रम्भ् (धातु)

• वर्षम्: a year
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वर्षम्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तु: indeed/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/contrast)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• भुञ्जीयात्: should eat/partake
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Root: भुज् (धातु)

• अम्ल-वर्जितम्: free from sour (foods)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आहारम् implied); नञ्-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (अम्लं वर्जितम्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Root: अम्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (वृज्/वर्ज् धातु, क्त कृदन्त)

Sandhi Notes

• arābhed → ārabhet (पाठभेद/लिप्यन्तर-दोष सम्भाव्य)
• amla-varjitam → अम्लवर्जितम् (समास)

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ethical-ritual discipline (niyama)

Subjects

EthicsRitual ObservancesDietary Discipline

Core idea

Indriya-nigraha through regulated food as a support for sattva and devotion.

In practice

Adopt a clear, time-bound dietary rule (amla-varjana) beginning on an auspicious tithi and maintain it consistently for a full year.

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Vrata Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic pattern of prescribing time-bound vows (vratas) tied to the lunar calendar—here, Kārttika—showing how ritual discipline and diet were integrated into ethical and devotional practice in Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is calendrical (pañcamī of the bright fortnight in Kārttika) rather than place-specific.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined self-regulation through a year-long dietary restraint—avoiding sour foods—as a structured ethical practice within a vrata framework.