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Varaha Purana 21.15: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 15

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

प्रतिहर्ता प्रचेतास्तु तस्मिन् क्रतुवरे बभौ । सुब्रह्मण्यो वसिष्ठस्तु सनकाद्याः सभासदः । तत्र याज्यः स्वयं ब्रह्मा स च इज्यस्तु पूज्यते ॥ २१.१६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.15

pratihartā pracetāstu tasmin kratuvare babhau | subrahmaṇyo vasiṣṭhastu sanakādyāḥ sabhāsadaḥ | tatra yājyaḥ svayaṃ brahmā sa ca ijyastu pūjyate || 21.16 ||

その最勝の祭式において、プラチェータス(Pracetas)は儀礼の招請に応答する司祭として現れた。ヴァシシュタ(Vasiṣṭha)はスブラフマニヤ(Subrahmaṇya)司祭を務め、サナカ(Sanaka)らは会衆の一員として列した。そこでは梵天ブラフマー(Brahmā)自らが供物を受ける神であり、礼拝されるべき御方として正しく崇敬された。

pratihartāthe restrainer/repeller (one who wards off)
pratihartā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpratihartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
pracetāḥPracetā (a name/person)
pracetāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpracetā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle/conjunction (निपात)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
kratu-varein the excellent sacrifice
kratu-vare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkratu (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः) ‘excellent sacrifice’
babhaushone/appeared/was present
babhau:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
subrahmaṇyaḥone who invokes/recites the Subrahmaṇya (priestly role)
subrahmaṇyaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsubrahmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
vasiṣṭhaḥVasiṣṭha
vasiṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tuand/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle/conjunction (निपात)
sanaka-ādyāḥSanaka and others
sanaka-ādyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsanaka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘Sanaka and others’
sabhāsadaḥassembly-members
sabhāsadaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsabhāsad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
tatrathere
tatra:
Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place
yājyaḥto be worshipped/sacrificed to
yājyaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyājya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
svayamhimself
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic indeclinable (निपात/स्वार्थे)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)
ijyaḥto be worshipped
ijyaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootijya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
pūjyateis worshipped
pūjyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpūj (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vedic Ritual Terminology
I
Indic Intellectual History

FAQs

It preserves technical ritual vocabulary (e.g., Subrahmaṇya, yājya/ijya) and situates Purāṇic narrative within a Śrauta-style sacrificial framework, reflecting how later Sanskrit literature models cultural memory of Vedic ritual institutions.

No specific geographic toponym is stated in this verse; the setting is defined by the ritual context (a kratu) rather than a named place.

The verse foregrounds ordered participation and proper honoring within a communal rite—emphasizing disciplined roles, respectful assembly conduct, and the principle that worship/recognition should follow the designated ritual and social framework.

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