Varaha Purana 181.7: Adhyaya 181, Shloka 7

Ritual Procedure for Installing and Consecrating a Madhūka-Wood Icon

Devanagari script

कथं तिष्ठसि वा सव्ये भित्तिसंस्थो जनार्दनः ॥ भूमिसंस्थो महाभाग विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 181.7

Transliteration

kathaṁ tiṣṭhasi vā savye bhittisaṁstho janārdanaḥ || bhūmisaṁstho mahābhāga vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Translation

Wahai Janārdana, apabila ditegakkan pada dinding, bagaimana Engkau bersemayam di sebelah kiri? Dan wahai yang mulia, apabila ditegakkan di atas tanah, bagaimana Engkau bersemayam—melalui perbuatan menurut tata-aturan yang benar?

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Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय

• तिष्ठसि: you stand
• तिष्ठसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• सव्ये: on the left (side)
• सव्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; 'left side'

• भित्ति-संस्थः: situated on a wall
• भित्ति-संस्थः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भित्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (भित्तौ संस्थः = situated on a wall)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूमि-संस्थः: situated on the ground
• भूमि-संस्थः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूमौ संस्थः = situated on the ground)

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• विधि-दृष्टेन: by what is prescribed by rule
• विधि-दृष्टेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विधिना दृष्टः = prescribed by rule)

• कर्मणा: by an act/ritual procedure
• कर्मणा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Temple Ritual
• Material Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents categories of installation (wall-mounted vs ground-based), relevant to the history of South Asian religious material culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name appears; the verse concerns installation typology rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual acts should be performed according to vidhis (regulated procedures), implying careful stewardship of inherited practice.