Varaha Purana 59.2: Adhyaya 59, Shloka 2

The Obstacle-Removing Vow

Procedure for Worship of Vināyaka

Devanagari script

चतुर्थ्यां फाल्गुने मासि ग्रहीतव्यं व्रतं त्विदम् । नक्ताहारेण राजेन्द्र तिलान्नं पारणं स्मृतम् । तदेवाग्नौ तु होतव्यं ब्राह्मणाय च तद्भवेत् ॥ ५९.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 59.2

Transliteration

caturthyāṃ phālgune māsi grahītavyaṃ vrataṃ tvidam | naktāhāreṇa rājendra tilānnaṃ pāraṇaṃ smṛtam | tadevāgnau tu hotavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya ca tad bhavet || 59.2 ||

Translation

Pada tithi Caturthi di bulan Phalguna, laku tapa ini hendaknya diambil. Wahai raja, dengan aturan makan pada malam hari, makanan penutup puasa (pāraṇa) disebut nasi wijen; persembahan itu hendaknya dihaturkan ke api suci dan juga diberikan kepada seorang brāhmaṇa.

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Word by Word

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• phālgune: in (the month of) Phālguna
• phālgune: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• grahītavyam: should be undertaken
• grahītavyam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grahītavya (प्रातिपदिक; from √grah)
• Form: Gerundive/Future passive participle (तव्यत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal obligation

• vratam: vow/observance
• vratam: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• naktāhāreṇa: with night-only eating
• naktāhāreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakta (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘night-meal/one-meal-at-night regimen’

• rājendra: O best of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya: ‘king who is like Indra / best of kings’

• tilānnam: sesame-rice/food with sesame
• tilānnam: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘sesame-food’

• pāraṇam: breaking (of the fast)
• pāraṇam: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• smṛtam: is declared/remembered (as)
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛta (प्रातिपदिक; from √smṛ)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively ‘is said/considered’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)

• agnau: in the fire
• agnau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: and/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)

• hotavyam: should be offered (as oblation)
• hotavyam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hotavya (प्रातिपदिक; from √hu)
• Form: Gerundive/Future passive participle (तव्यत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘should be offered’

• brāhmaṇāya: to a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• tat: that (act/result)
• tat: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhavet: should be / would be
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a standardized Purāṇic vrata protocol—date specification (caturthī in Phālguna), dietary discipline (naktāhāra), and the closing rite (pāraṇa)—reflecting how late-classical Sanskrit texts systematized household and royal ritual practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is a calendrical and procedural instruction rather than a site-specific passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined observance and socially oriented giving: completing a vow with restraint (regulated eating) and directing offerings through fire-ritual and charitable gifting to a brāhmaṇa.