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Varaha Purana 142.10: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 10

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

स्नात्वा सा तु महाभागे पञ्चमात्तु दिनात्पुनः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.10

snātvā sā tu mahābhāge pañcamāttu dinātpunaḥ ||

Namun, wahai yang amat beruntung, selepas hari kelima dia mandi sekali lagi…

snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsnā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), avyaya; meaning 'having bathed'
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
tubut; indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; virodha/avadhāraṇa (but/indeed)
mahābhāgeO greatly fortunate one
mahābhāge:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-bhāgā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular); karmadhāraya: mahā + bhāgā (greatly fortunate)
pañcamātfrom the fifth (day)
pañcamāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Ablative source)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napuṃsakaliṅga (contextual), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana (Singular); 'from the fifth (day)'
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphasis/contrast particle
dinātfrom the day
dināt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdina (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana (Singular)
punaḥagain; thereafter
punaḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Temporal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; punar-artha (again; thereafter)

Varāha (contextual continuation)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ritual
D
Dharma Discourse
B
Body and Purity (textual)

FAQs

It preserves a time-bound ritual marker (‘after the fifth day’) indicative of codified observance cycles; the fragment suggests a longer procedural description in the surrounding text.

No geographic location is identified in this fragment.

The focus is procedural: completion of a prescribed period followed by bathing, reflecting structured observance rather than punitive framing.

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