Varaha Purana 124.38: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 38

Ritual Observances Aligned with the Seasons

Seasonal Devotional Procedure

Devanagari script

मासेषु सर्वेष्वपि मुख्यभूतो मासो भवान्ग्रीष्म एकः प्रपन्नः ॥ पश्येद्भवन्तं वर्तमानं च ग्रीष्मे तेनैव सर्वं दुःखमेतु प्रशान्तिम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.38

Transliteration

māseṣu sarveṣv api mukhyabhūto māso bhavān grīṣma ekaḥ prapannaḥ || paśyed bhavantaṃ vartamānaṃ ca grīṣme tenaiva sarvaṃ duḥkham etu praśāntim ||

Translation

എല്ലാ മാസങ്ങളിലും പ്രധാനമായത് ‘ഗ്രീഷ്മം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഈ മാസമാണ്. ഗ്രീഷ്മകാലത്ത് നിന്നെ സന്നിധിയായി കണ്ടു ദർശിക്കണം; അതിനാൽ സകല ദുഃഖവും ശാന്തിയിലേക്കു പോകട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• मासेषु: in the months
• मासेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• मुख्यभूतः: having become chief / foremost
• मुख्यभूतः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त; भू धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूत-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘भूत’ = ‘become’; समासः: मुख्य-भूत (determinative)

• मासः: month
• मासः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honored one)
• भवान्: सम्बोधन/कर्ता (Addressed subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific pronoun)

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• ग्रीष्मे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकः: one/alone
• एकः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रपन्नः: attained/entered; having resorted to
• प्रपन्नः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√पद् (पद् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• पश्येत्: may (one) see
• पश्येत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (पश् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भवन्तम्: you (as object)
• भवन्तम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वर्तमानम्: being present/occurring
• वर्तमानम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वृत् (वृत् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• ग्रीष्मे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखम्: sorrow/suffering
• दुःखम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतु: let it go/attain
• एतु: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रशान्तिम्: peace/calmness
• प्रशान्तिम्: कर्म (Karma/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Theory

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic ritual calendrics where seasons and months are mapped onto devotional practice, indicating an early framework for time-based religious/ethical disciplines.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is temporal (the summer season) rather than spatial.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivating disciplined attention (seeing/contemplating the deity’s presence in a given season) is presented as a means toward the calming of suffering.