Varaha Purana 136.91: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 91

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

उपोष्य चाष्टभक्तं तु दशैकादशमेव च ॥ प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते रविमण्डले

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.91

Transliteration

upoṣya cāṣṭabhaktaṁ tu daśaikādaśam eva ca || prabhātāyāṁ tu śarvaryām udite ravimaṇḍale

Translation

ഉപവാസം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് ‘അഷ്ടഭക്ത’ നിയമവും, ദശമിയും ഏകാദശിയും (ആചാരങ്ങളും) പാലിച്ച്; പിന്നെ പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ—രാത്രി അവസാനിച്ച് സൂര്യമണ്ഡലം ഉദിച്ചപ്പോൾ—

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Word by Word

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having fasted’; उपसर्गः उप-

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टभक्तम्: the ‘eight-meal’ observance/fast (a vow)
• अष्टभक्तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object—observance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः ‘अष्टानां भक्तानाम् (भोजनानाम्) समाहारः/व्रतविशेषः’

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• दशैकादशम्: ten and eleven (i.e., on the 10th and 11th)
• दशैकादशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier—of days/observance implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + एकादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समासः (itaretara) ‘दश च एकादश च’ (ten and eleven)

• एव: only; indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रभातायाम्: at dawn
• प्रभातायाम्: Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle)

• शर्वर्याम्: in the night
• शर्वर्याम्: Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• उदिते: when risen
• उदिते: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of ‘रविमण्डले’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); √उद् (उद्/उद्-गम् sense) ‘risen’

• रविमण्डले: in the sun’s orb (when the sun has risen)
• रविमण्डले: Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Time-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘रवेः मण्डले’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Dharmaśāstra Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents ritual-ethical practices (fasting regimens and calendrical observances) that intersect with Dharmaśāstra norms, offering evidence for lived ritual vocabulary in Purāṇic transmission.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the focus is temporal (dawn/sunrise) rather than spatial.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse prescribes disciplined fasting and properly timed observance as part of an expiatory procedure.