Varaha Purana 142.7: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 7

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

Devanagari script

स्पृष्टा या रजसा देवि मम कर्मपरायणा ॥ मां संस्पृशन्तु तत्रस्थं यत्र तिष्ठामि सुन्दरि ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 142.7

Transliteration

spṛṣṭā yā rajasā devi mama karmaparāyaṇā || māṃ saṃspṛśantu tatrasthaṃ yatra tiṣṭhāmi sundari ||

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി! രജസ്സാൽ സ്പർശിതയായിട്ടും എന്റെ വിധികർമത്തിൽ പരായണയായ അവൾ, ഹേ സുന്ദരി, ഞാൻ നിൽക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തുതന്നെ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് എന്നെ സ്പർശിക്കട്ടെ।

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Word by Word

• spṛṣṭā: touched
• spṛṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, with passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता/Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• rajasā: by menstrual impurity / by rajas
• rajasā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• karmaparāyaṇā: devoted to (proper) action
• karmaparāyaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma-parāyaṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); tatpuruṣa: karma + parāyaṇā (devoted to duty)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• saṃspṛśantu: let (them) touch
• saṃspṛśantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-spṛś (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Parasmaipada

• tatra-stham: (me) being there / situated there
• tatra-stham: Karma (कर्म/Object; qualifier of mām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tatra-stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); avyayībhāva: tatra (indecl.) + stha (standing)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-vācaka relative adverb (where)

• tiṣṭhāmi: I stand / I remain
• tiṣṭhāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• sundari: O beautiful one
• sundari: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Body and Purity (textual)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is evidence of internal diversity in purity discourse: the text articulates an allowance framed through devotion and prescribed conduct.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; “where I stand” is rhetorical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse prioritizes intention and adherence to ethical/ritual discipline over exclusion based solely on a bodily condition.