Varaha Purana 118.2: Adhyaya 118, Shloka 2

Procedure for Divine Worship Services

Ritual Attendant Protocol

Devanagari script

वक्ष्यमाणेन मन्त्रेण उद्धृत्य दन्तकाष्ठकम् ॥ दीपं न ज्वालयेत् तावद् यावन्न स्पृश्यते धरा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 118.2

Transliteration

vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa uddhṛtya dantakāṣṭhakam || dīpaṃ na jvālayet tāvad yāvan na spṛśyate dharā ||

Translation

Dengan mantra yang akan dinyatakan, setelah mengambil dantakāṣṭha (kayu pembersih gigi), jangan menyalakan pelita sehingga tanah telah disentuh (yakni setelah amalan pendahuluan disempurnakan).

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Word by Word

• वक्ष्यमाणेन: with the to-be-recited (forthcoming)
• वक्ष्यमाणेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त; √वच्/वक्ष् धातु)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे विशेषणरूपेण; भविष्यत्कर्मणि कृदन्त (future passive participle)

• मन्त्रेण: by/with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• उद्धृत्य: having taken up / having lifted
• उद्धृत्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+√हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• दन्तकाष्ठकम्: a tooth-stick
• दन्तकाष्ठकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त + काष्ठक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दन्तस्य काष्ठकम्)

• दीपम्: lamp
• दीपम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Particle/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ज्वालयेत्: should light
• ज्वालयेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तावत्: until then / so long
• तावत्: अधिकरण (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय (adverb of extent)

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: अधिकरण (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (correlative adverb: as long as)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Particle/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• स्पृश्यते: is touched
• स्पृश्यते: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive-like: 'is touched')

• धरा: the ground/earth
• धरा: कर्म (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ritual Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a procedural micro-sequence of worship, useful for tracing the history of domestic/temple ritual ordering in Purāṇic sources.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; “dharā” here denotes the ground/earth as a ritual referent, not a named place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual acts are to be performed with attention to sequence and prescribed preliminaries, emphasizing disciplined practice.