Varaha Purana 39.35: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 35

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माण्डोदरतीर्थानि करैः स्पृष्टानि देव ते । तेनैमां मृत्तिकां स्पृष्ट्वा मा लभामि त्वयोदिताम् ॥ ३९.३५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.35

Transliteration

brahmāṇḍodaratīrthāni karaiḥ spṛṣṭāni deva te | tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ spṛṣṭvā mā labhāmi tvayoditām || 39.35 ||

Translation

ឱ ព្រះទេវៈ ទីរថៈបរិសុទ្ធទាំងឡាយនៅក្នុងពោះព្រហ្មណ្ឌ (សកលលោក) ត្រូវបានព្រះហស្តរបស់អ្នកប៉ះរួចហើយ។ ដូច្នេះ ដោយប៉ះដីនេះ សូមឲ្យខ្ញុំទទួលបានអ្វីដែលអ្នកបានប្រកាស។

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Word by Word

• brahmāṇḍodara-tīrthāni: the sacred fords in the belly of the cosmic egg
• brahmāṇḍodara-tīrthāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + udara + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘brahmāṇḍasya udare (स्थितानि) tīrthāni’

• karaiḥ: with (your) hands
• karaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• spṛṣṭāni: touched
• spṛṣṭāni: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agrees with tīrthāni)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• mṛttikām: clay/earth
• mṛttikām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛttikā (प्रातिपदic)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• spṛṣṭvā: having touched
• spṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle used with optative/imperative)

• labhāmi: I obtain
• labhāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• uditām: spoken/mentioned
• uditām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud (धातु) + ita (इत) / √vad?; here: udita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participial adjective) ‘udita’ = ‘said/uttered’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifies mṛttikām)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; supplicant voice addressing Varāha as 'deva')

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse reflects a Purāṇic habit of mapping sacred sites (tīrthas) onto a cosmological framework (the brahmāṇḍa), showing how pilgrimage ideology was integrated with learned models of the universe in early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single named terrestrial location is specified in this fragment; the expression “brahmāṇḍodaratīrthāni” is cosmological rather than a direct reference to an identifiable historical place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage foregrounds the idea that contact with sanctified “earth/clay” (mṛttikā) and recognition of sacred landscapes can be a means of purification and moral-spiritual improvement, aligning ritual practice with reverent engagement with the natural world.