Varaha Purana 45.4: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 4

Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha

Devanagari script

सहस्रशीर्षेऽभ्यर्च्य शिरस्तस्य महात्मनः । एवमभ्यर्च्य विधिवत् प्रागुक्तं कुम्भं विन्यसेत् ॥ ४५.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 45.4

Transliteration

sahasraśīrṣe 'bhyarcya śiras tasya mahātmanaḥ | evam abhyarcya vidhivat prāguktaṃ kumbhaṃ vinyaset || 45.4 ||

Translation

‘സഹസ്രശീർഷ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ദേവനെ ആരാധിച്ച്, ആ മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ ശിരസ്സിനെയും വിധിപൂർവ്വം അർച്ചിക്കണം. ഇങ്ങനെ ക്രമവിധിപ്രകാരം പൂജ ചെയ്ത്, മുൻപ് പറഞ്ഞ കുംഭം യഥാസ്ഥാനത്ത് സ്ഥാപിക്കണം.

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Word by Word

• सहस्रशीर्षे: on/in the thousand-headed (deity)
• सहस्रशीर्षे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + शीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in/at the thousand-headed (one)’

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of the great-souled’

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner adverb (प्रकारवाचक)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘according to rule’ (विधिपूर्वक)

• प्रागुक्तम्: previously mentioned
• प्रागुक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; past passive participle ‘said earlier’ qualifying कुम्भम्

• कुम्भम्: pot/pitcher
• कुम्भम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विन्यसेत्: should place/arrange
• विन्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual Manuals
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a concise procedural note typical of Purāṇic ritual instruction, reflecting how liturgical worship and the placement of ritual objects (such as the kumbha) were systematized in Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on ritual actions rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes procedural discipline (vidhivat)—performing actions carefully and in an orderly manner—framed as a philosophical instruction in attentiveness and correctness in cultural-ritual practice.