Varaha Purana 46.3: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 3

The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation

Devanagari script

चक्रपाणयेति भुजौ कण्ठं भूपतये तथा । स्वनाम्ना शङ्खचक्रौ तु पुरुषायेति वै शिरः ॥ ४६.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 46.3

Transliteration

cakrapāṇayeti bhujau kaṇṭhaṃ bhūpataye tathā | svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrau tu puruṣāyeti vai śiraḥ || 46.3 ||

Translation

Kedua lengan ditetapkan “kepada Cakrapāṇi”; demikian pula tenggorokan “kepada Bhūpati”. Sangkha dan cakra disebut dengan nama masing-masing; dan kepala ditetapkan “kepada Puruṣa”.

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Word by Word

• cakrapāṇaye: to Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu)
• cakrapāṇaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; ‘चक्रः पाणौ यस्य सः’ (he whose hand holds a discus)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-उक्त्यर्थ (quotative)

• bhujau: (the two) arms
• bhujau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• kaṇṭham: neck/throat
• kaṇṭham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• bhūpataye: to Bhūpati (lord of earth)
• bhūpataye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तथा (adverb: likewise/also)

• sva-nāmnā: by (uttering) one’s own name
• sva-nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (genitive sense: svasya nāmnā), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• śaṅkha-cakrau: conch and discus
• śaṅkha-cakrau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/विरोध (particle)

• puruṣāya: to Puruṣa
• puruṣāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-उक्त्यर्थ (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थ (particle: indeed)

• śiraḥ: head
• śiraḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogic instructor per repository rule)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra/Terminology
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style instructional register where bodily features and divine epithets are systematically correlated, reflecting the development of standardized Vaiṣṇava iconographic vocabulary in medieval Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

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

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than an explicit moral rule, the verse provides a philosophical-ritual instruction: disciplined naming and conceptual alignment of the body and emblematic attributes with recognized epithets, emphasizing ordered knowledge and symbolic coherence.