Varaha Purana 44.5: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 5

The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits

Devanagari script

वैणवेन तु पात्रेण तस्मिन् संस्थापयेद्धरिम् । जामदग्न्येति विख्यातं नाम्ना क्लेशविनाशनम् ॥ ४४.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 44.5

Transliteration

vaiṇavena tu pātreṇa tasmin saṁsthāpayeddharim | jāmadagnyeti vikhyātaṁ nāmnā kleśavināśanam || 44.5 ||

Translation

Kemudian, dengan menggunakan bejana Vaiṣṇava, hendaklah Hari diinstal di dalamnya—Hari yang masyhur dengan nama “Jāmadagnya”, suatu nama yang dikatakan memusnahkan kleśa, yakni segala penderitaan batin.

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Word by Word

• vaiṇavena: with a bamboo-made (vessel)
• vaiṇavena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; pātreṇa इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• pātreṇa: with a vessel
• pātreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• tasmin: in that (vessel)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• saṁsthāpayet: should स्थापित/establish
• saṁsthāpayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → √sthāp (धातु) (caus.)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• harim: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• harim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• jāmadagnyā: with (the word/name) ‘Jāmadagnya’
• jāmadagnyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (mantra-instrument: ‘with/using (the name) Jāmadagnya’)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• vikhyātam: well-known
• vikhyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; nāma (understood) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• nāmnā: by the name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• kleśa-vināśanam: affliction-destroying
• kleśa-vināśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kleśa + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (kleśa-vināśana ‘destroyer of afflictions’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (nāma) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic-era ritual vocabulary—especially the practice of saṁsthāpana (installation) and the use of sanctified ritual implements—illustrating how devotional worship was systematized in Sanskrit narrative-ritual texts.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; it focuses on ritual procedure and a sacred epithet rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined ritual conduct and the contemplative use of sacred names as a means of addressing human affliction (kleśa), framed as a philosophical-ritual method rather than coercive doctrine.