Varaha Purana 28.38: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 38

The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura

Devanagari script

नवम्यां यश्च पिष्टाशी भविष्यति हि मानवः । नारी वा तस्य सम्पन्नं भविष्यति मनोगतम् ॥ २८.३८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 28.38

Transliteration

navamyāṃ yaś ca piṣṭāśī bhaviṣyati hi mānavaḥ | nārī vā tasya sampannaṃ bhaviṣyati manogatam || 28.38 ||

Translation

നവമി തിഥിയിൽ അരച്ച ധാന്യാഹാരം കഴിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് ഉത്തമ ഭാര്യ/സഹചാരി ലഭിക്കും; മനസ്സിൽ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചതും സിദ്ധിക്കും.

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Word by Word

• navamyām: on the ninth (tithi/day)
• navamyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; kāla-adhikaraṇa

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• piṣṭāśī: one who eats piṣṭa (flour/ground food)
• piṣṭāśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piṣṭa-āśin (पिष्ट + आशिन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘piṣṭam aśnāti’ (one who eats flour/ground food); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू, धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ-lakāra (future), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa/hetu-nipāta (emphatic/causal particle)

• mānavaḥ: a man / human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Vikalpa-nipāta (विकल्प, disjunctive particle)

• tasya: of him / his
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (contextual), Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive relation

• sampannam: fulfilled / accomplished
• sampannam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sampanna (सम्पन्न, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pad/√pann with sam-)
• Form: Kta (क्त) past participle used adjectivally; Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसक), Prathamā, Ekavacana; vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (predicate)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू, धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• manogatam: what is in the mind / desired wish
• manogatam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mano-gata (मनस् + गत, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘manasi gatam’ (gone into the mind = desired); Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; subject-complement with ‘sampannam’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma-śāstra Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic pattern of linking specific lunar-day observances (tithi-based vrata practices) with socially valued outcomes, illustrating how ethical-ritual disciplines were framed within household life in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a tithi-based observance (navamī) and its stated results.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse presents a discipline of regulated diet/ascetic restraint on navamī (subsisting on piṣṭa—pounded grain) as a form of vrata, with the philosophical instruction that intentional self-restraint is associated with the fulfillment of intended aims (manogata).