Varaha Purana 63.12: Adhyaya 63, Shloka 12

Procedure for the Son-Obtaining Vow

Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance

Devanagari script

एतत् पुत्रव्रतं नाम मया ते परिकीर्तितम् । एतत् कृत्वा नरः पापैः सर्वैर् एव प्रमुच्यते ॥ ६३.१२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 63.12

Transliteration

etat putravrataṁ nāma mayā te parikīrtitam | etat kṛtvā naraḥ pāpaiḥ sarvair eva pramucyate || 63.12 ||

Translation

इस व्रत का नाम पुत्र व्रत है। मैंने तुम्हे पूरा बताया है। यह करने से इंसान के सारे पाप धुल जाते हैं।

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Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण to 'putravratam'

• putravratam: the son-vow
• putravratam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रार्थं/पुत्रस्य व्रतम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक निपात (particle indicating ‘by name’)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (dative ‘to you’)

• parikīrtitam: has been described
• parikīrtitam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; agrees with 'putravratam'

• etat: this (vow)
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pāpaiḥ: from sins
• pāpaiḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); अपादानार्थे (used with passive ‘freed from’)

• sarvaiḥ: all
• sarvaiḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण to 'pāpaiḥ'

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Ritual Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic didactic pattern: a named vrata is presented as a culturally transmitted ethical-ritual practice, framed as producing moral purification within the broader dharma discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the focus is on naming and summarizing the efficacy of a vow (vrata).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined observance (vrata) as a means of moral purification—i.e., undertaking a prescribed practice is presented as leading to release from wrongdoing (pāpa).