Varaha Purana 39.38: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 38

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्र नरः सम्यक् चक्रवर्त्युपचारतः । स्नात्वा चावश्यकं कृत्वा पुनर्देवगृहं व्रजेत् ॥ ३९.३८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 39.38

Transliteration

tatastatra naraḥ samyak cakravartyupacārataḥ | snātvā cāvaśyakaṁ kṛtvā punardevagṛhaṁ vrajet || 39.38 ||

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അവിടെ മനുഷ്യൻ ചക്രവർത്തിക്കു യോജ്യമായ വിധത്തിൽ യഥോചിത ഉപചാര-സേവകൾ ശരിയായി നിർവഹിക്കണം. സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ആവശ്യമായ അനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങൾ പൂർത്തിയാക്കി വീണ്ടും ദേവഗൃഹത്തിലേക്ക് (ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക്) പോകണം.

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Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• चक्रवर्ति-उपचारतः: according to royal (cakravartin) procedure
• चक्रवर्ति-उपचारतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चक्रवर्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘चक्रवर्तिनः उपचारः’ (treatment befitting a cakravartin); तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘according to/from’)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• आवश्यकम्: the necessary duty
• आवश्यकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवश्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘आवश्यककर्म’ इत्यर्थे (necessary act)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done’

• पुनः: again/back
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again/back)

• देव-गृहम्: temple (house of the deity)
• देव-गृहम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘देवानां गृहं’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Tīrtha Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic template for tīrtha etiquette: bathing, completing obligatory duties (āvaśyaka), and returning to the deity’s shrine—useful for reconstructing ritual sequences and pilgrimage norms in medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name is stated within this single verse; however, the chapter’s section-label (commonly transmitted as Prayāga Māhātmya in many recensions) situates the instruction within a sacred-geography/pilgrimage framework.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined conduct: performing duties correctly (samyak), completing necessary obligations (āvaśyaka), and approaching heritage-sacred spaces (devagṛha) with formal respect (upacāra).