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Varaha Purana 65.1: Adhyaya 65, Shloka 1

The Sovereignty Vow and the Cycle of Tithi-Based Observances

अगस्त्य उवाच । सार्वभौमव्रतं चान्यत् कथयामि समासतः । येन सम्यक्कृतेनाशु सार्वभौमो नृपो भवेत् ॥ ६५.१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 65.1

agastya uvāca | sārvabhauma-vrataṁ cānyat kathayāmi samāsataḥ | yena samyak-kṛtenāśu sārvabhaumo nṛpo bhavet || 65.1 ||

अगस्त्य बोले, मैं एक और व्रत बताता हूँ, सार्वभौम व्रत। इसका पूरा नाम यही है। अगर कोई राजा इस व्रत को सही से करे, तो जल्दी से जल्दी वो सब जगह का राजा बन जाता है।

अगस्त्यःAgastya
अगस्त्यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सार्वभौमव्रतम्the universal-sovereignty vow
सार्वभौमव्रतम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसार्वभौम + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सार्वभौमस्य व्रतम्)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अन्यत्another
अन्यत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सार्वभौमव्रतम्)
कथयामिI narrate / I will tell
कथयामि:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
समासतःbriefly
समासतः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial: ‘in brief’)
येनby which
येन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/हेतौ
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
कृतेनby (its) performance / when done
कृतेन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘done/performed’
आशुquickly
आशु:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
सार्वभौमःuniversal sovereign
सार्वभौमः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसार्वभौम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नृपः)
नृपःking
नृपः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Agastya

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
D
Dharmaśāstra Interface
R
Royal Ideology

FAQs

It introduces a vrata framed as a means to ideal kingship, reflecting Purāṇic-era formulations where ritual observance, ethical conduct, and political legitimacy are conceptually linked.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a thematic preface to a vow (vrata) narrative.

The verse emphasizes correct performance (samyak-kṛta) of an observance as a prerequisite for legitimate and effective sovereignty, foregrounding discipline and procedural integrity.

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