Varaha Purana 97.39: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 39

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

Devanagari script

मां पुरस्कृत्य देवास्त्वं पूज्यसे यैर्विधानतः ॥ तेषां शास्त्राणि सर्वाणि शास्त्रं पाशुपतं तथा

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 97.39

Transliteration

māṃ puraskṛtya devās tvaṃ pūjyase yair vidhānataḥ || teṣāṃ śāstrāṇi sarvāṇi śāstraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā

Translation

我を先頭に据えて、神々は正しい作法により汝を礼拝する。彼らのあらゆるシャーストラのうち、パーシュパタ・シャーストラもまた権威として数えられる。

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Word by Word

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरस्कृत्य: having put (me) in front
• पुरस्कृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having placed in front / having put forward’

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूज्यसे: are worshipped
• पूज्यसे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) संदर्भे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विधानतः: according to prescribed rule
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb), ‘according to rule/ordinance’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शास्त्राणि: treatises / scriptures
• शास्त्राणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) to शास्त्राणि

• शास्त्रम्: the scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• पाशुपतम्: Pāśupata (pertaining to Paśupati)
• पाशुपतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) to शास्त्रम्

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थ (also/and so)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Śaivism
• Dharma-śāstra
• Inter-sectarian References

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-era textual memory of multiple śāstra traditions and explicitly names the Pāśupata current, useful for mapping sectarian and doctrinal networks in early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; it is primarily doctrinal and ritual in focus.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes worship conducted 'according to ordinance' (vidhānataḥ), foregrounding procedural discipline and textual authority rather than personal preference.