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Varaha Purana 167.5: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 5

The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation

सन्ध्ये द्वे शयने चैव नित्यं मूढः स तिष्ठति ॥ न स देवानुष्यान्श्च पितॄन् पूजयते सदा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 167.5

sandhye dve śayane caiva nityaṃ mūḍhaḥ sa tiṣṭhati || na sa devānuṣyāṃś ca pitṝn pūjayate sadā ||

രണ്ടു സന്ധ്യാകാലങ്ങളിലും ശയനസമയത്തും അവൻ നിത്യവും മൂഢനായി അവഗണനയിൽ ആയിരുന്നു. അവൻ ദേവന്മാരെയും മനുഷ്യരെയും പിതൃകളെയും സ്ഥിരമായി പൂജിച്ചില്ല.

सन्ध्येthe two twilight rites (morning & evening)
सन्ध्ये:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन (agreement with सन्ध्ये)
शयनेin bed / in sleeping
शयने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootशयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
अवधारण (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
काल (Kāla/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)
मूढःdeluded/foolish
मूढः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootमूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तिष्ठतिremains/stays
तिष्ठति:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
नnot
न:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देव-अनुष्याःgods and men
देव-अनुष्याः:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (देवाः च अनुष्याः च), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)
पितॄन्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
पूजयतेworships
पूजयते:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
सदाalways
सदा:
काल (Kāla/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Narrative
D
Dharma Practice
S
Social Ethics
R
Ritual Studies

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It documents a moral framework where daily temporal markers (sandhyā) structure household discipline and social obligations.

No location is specified in this verse.

Ethical life is portrayed as sustained practice: regular discipline and respect toward multiple constituencies (deities, people, ancestors).

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