Varaha Purana 56.7: Adhyaya 56, Shloka 7

Ritual Procedure for the Dhanyavrata

Prosperity Vow

Devanagari script

चैत्रादिषु च भुञ्जीत पायसं सघृतं बुधः । श्रावणादिषु सक्तूंश्च ततश्चैतत् समाप्यते ॥ ५६.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 56.7

Transliteration

caitrādiṣu ca bhuñjīta pāyasaṃ saghṛtaṃ budhaḥ | śrāvaṇādiṣu saktūṃś ca tataś caitat samāpyate || 56.7 ||

Translation

ചൈത്രാദി മാസങ്ങളിൽ ബുദ്ധിമാൻ ഘൃതമിശ്രിത പായസം ഭുജിക്കണം; ശ്രാവണാദി മാസങ്ങളിൽ സക്തു സ്വീകരിക്കണം; തുടർന്ന് ഈ വ്രതം സമാപിക്കുന്നു।

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• चैत्रादिषु: in (months) beginning with Caitra
• चैत्रादिषु: अधिकरण (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र+आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘चैत्र-आदि’ = चैत्रादयः (months beginning with Caitra)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भुञ्जीत: should eat
• भुञ्जीत: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदी

• पायसम्: rice-milk pudding
• पायसम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सघृतम्: with ghee
• सघृतम्: कर्म (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स+घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः ‘घृतेन सह’ (with ghee)

• बुधः: the wise person
• बुधः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रावणादिषु: in (months) beginning with Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणादिषु: अधिकरण (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण+आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘श्रावण-आदि’ = श्रावणादयः (months beginning with Śrāvaṇa)

• सक्तून्: parched grain flour; saktu
• सक्तून्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this (observance)
• एतत्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समाप्यते: is completed; concludes
• समाप्यते: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदी; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is concluded)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Foodways and Ritual

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic template of month-linked dietary prescriptions, useful for reconstructing historical ritual calendars and South Asian foodways as reflected in Sanskrit normative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it references the lunar months Caitra and Śrāvaṇa, which function as pan-Indic calendrical markers rather than a single location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A discipline of regulated consumption aligned to calendrical periods: adopting prescribed foods (pāyasa with ghee; saktu) as part of a structured observance, emphasizing restraint and order rather than indulgence.