Varaha Purana 191.6: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 6

Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु भूमे प्रयत्नेन मधुपर्को यथा कृतः ॥ उत्पत्तिश्चैव दानं च सर्वो यस्य च हीयते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 191.6

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu bhūme prayatnena madhuparko yathā kṛtaḥ || utpattiś caiva dānaṃ ca sarvo yasya ca hīyate |

Translation

ശ്രീവരാഹൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ഭൂമീ! ശ്രദ്ധാപൂർവ്വം കേൾക്കുക; മധുപർകം എങ്ങനെ സ്ഥാപിതമായി, അതിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവവും ദാനവും—ഇവയാൽ എല്ലാ അശുഭ കുറവും ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു.

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• श्री-वराहः: Śrī Varāha
• श्री-वराहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधन-पूर्वक नाम (honorific)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मधु-पर्कः: madhuparka (honey-mixture offering)
• मधु-पर्कः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as / in the manner that
• यथा: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner adverb)

• कृतः: is made / prepared
• कृतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• उत्पत्तिः: origin / production
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• दानम्: gift / giving
• दानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सर्वः: all / entire
• सर्वः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यस्य: of whom / whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• हीयते: decreases / is diminished
• हीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive/intransitive: 'diminishes')

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Ritual History
• Vaiṣṇava Traditions
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces a Purāṇic etiology for a well-known ceremonial offering (madhuparka), reflecting how ritual practices are anchored in narrative authority within Sanskrit textual cultures.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified; the address is to Bhūmi (Earth) as a personified interlocutor.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames attentive learning and the practice of giving (dāna) as value-bearing actions associated with the reduction of deficiencies or misfortune.