Varaha Purana 182.32: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 32

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

एवं विधिं ततः कृत्वा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ सम्पूज्य तत्र देवेशं ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेद्व्रती

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.32

Transliteration

evaṃ vidhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || sampūjya tatra deveśaṃ brāhmaṇān bhojayed vratī

Translation

Demikianlah, setelah melaksanakan upacara menurut tatacara, dengan perbuatan yang disahkan oleh peraturan, orang yang berikrar hendaklah memuja Tuhan para dewa di sana dan menjamu para brāhmaṇa.

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb)

• vidhim: the rite/procedure
• vidhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Deśa-kāla-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)

• vidhi-dṛṣṭena: as prescribed by rule
• vidhi-dṛṣṭena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग? actually agrees with karmaṇā (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: 'विधिना दृष्टम्' = prescribed by rule

• karmaṇā: by the act/ritual action
• karmaṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sampūjya: having worshipped well
• sampūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), 'having duly worshipped'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'देवानाम् ईशः'

• brāhmaṇān: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhojayet: should feed
• bhojayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/पोटेन्शियल), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense) 'cause to eat/feed'

• vratī: the vow-observer
• vratī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vratin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharmaśāstra Interfaces
• Ritual Studies
• Hospitality

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the linkage between consecration rites and social redistribution (ritual hospitality/feeding), a common feature in Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-aligned practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the focus is on normative ritual conduct.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Perform rites as prescribed and include acts of hospitality/feeding as an ethical-social extension of ritual.