Varaha Purana 47.2: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

दामोदराय पादौ तु हृषीकेशाय वै कटिम् । सनातनेति जठरमुरः श्रीवत्सधारिणे ॥ ४७.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 47.2

Transliteration

dāmodarāya pādau tu hṛṣīkeśāya vai kaṭim | sanātaneti jaṭharam uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe || 47.2 ||

Translation

पाय ‘दामोदर’ यांस, कटि ‘हृषीकेश’ यांस अर्पण करावी। ‘सनातन’ या मंत्राने जठर, आणि उर ‘श्रीवत्सधारी’ यांस विन्यास करावा।

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Word by Word

• dāmodarāya: to Dāmodara
• dāmodarāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāmodara (दामोदर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular

• pādau: (the two) feet
• pādau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (पाद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन)

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• hṛṣīkeśāya: to Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (हृषीकेश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निपात)

• kaṭim: the waist
• kaṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭi (कटि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• sanātanā: to the Eternal One (Sanātana)
• sanātanā: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanātana (सनातन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (understood: sanātanāya); used as name/epithet in dative parallelism

• iti: thus (as)
• iti: Sambandha (उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• jaṭharam: the belly
• jaṭharam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭhara (जठर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• uraḥ: the chest
• uraḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (उरस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (form identical to nominative/accusative)

• śrīvatsa-dhāriṇe: to the bearer of Śrīvatsa
• śrīvatsa-dhāriṇe: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīvatsa (श्रीवत्स) + dhārin (धारिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: ‘bearer of Śrīvatsa’; Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra and Nyāsa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-layer witness to Vaiṣṇava ritual vocabulary—especially nyāsa-like assignment of divine epithets to body regions—useful for tracing intersections of Purāṇa, mantra practice, and iconographic theology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual-iconographic rather than topographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys a disciplined contemplative practice: structuring attention and reverence through ordered bodily and verbal acts, emphasizing mindful embodiment rather than a social-legal injunction.