Varaha Purana 47.7: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 7

The Rite of Śrāvaṇa Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī (Dāmodara Worship) and the Exemplum of King Nṛga

Devanagari script

एष ते विधिरुद्दिष्टः श्रावणे मासि वै विभो । एतस्याश्च प्रभावं यत् शृणु पापप्रणाशनम् ॥ ४७.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 47.7

Transliteration

eṣa te vidhir uddiṣṭaḥ śrāvaṇe māsi vai vibho | etasyāś ca prabhāvaṃ yat śṛṇu pāpapraṇāśanam || 47.7 ||

Translation

ഹേ വിഭോ! ശ്രാവണ മാസത്തിൽ ഈ വിധി നിനക്കായി ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇനി ഇതിന്റെ പാപനാശകമായ പ്രഭാവം കേൾക്കുക.

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Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidhiḥ: rule/rite
• vidhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• uddiṣṭaḥ: has been prescribed/declared
• uddiṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud + √diś (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrāvaṇe: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• śrāvaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• etasyāḥ: of this (rite)
• etasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• prabhāvam: the efficacy/power
• prabhāvam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/object; correlates with prabhāvam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destruction of sins
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Karma (कर्म/object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्) used as apposition to prabhāvam

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic instructional structure: first outlining a prescribed observance (vidhi), then introducing its claimed efficacy (prabhāva), reflecting the didactic and compilatory character of Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is temporal (the month of Śrāvaṇa) rather than spatial.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames adherence to a specified discipline in Śrāvaṇa as ethically consequential, associating the practice with the reduction or removal of pāpa (wrongdoing/negative moral residue).