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Varaha Purana 47.4: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 4

The Rite of Śrāvaṇa Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī (Dāmodara Worship) and the Exemplum of King Nṛga

एवं सम्पूज्य संस्थाप्य कुम्भं पूर्ववदेव तु । विन्यस्य वस्त्रयुग्मं तु तस्योपरि ततो न्यसेत् ॥ ४७.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 47.4

evaṃ sampūjya saṃsthāpya kumbhaṃ pūrvavad eva tu | vinyasya vastra-yugmaṃ tu tasyopari tato nyaset || 47.4 ||

Demikianlah, setelah memuja dengan sempurna dan menegakkan kendi upacara (kumbha) tepat seperti sebelumnya, hendaklah diletakkan sepasang kain di atasnya, lalu kemudian diletakkan (persembahan itu) di atas bahagian atas kumbha tersebut.

evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
sampūjyahaving duly worshipped
sampūjya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + √pūj (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), having worshipped
saṃsthāpyahaving set up
saṃsthāpya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + √sthā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), having established/placed
kumbhamthe pot (ritual vessel)
kumbham:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootkumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
pūrvavatas before
pūrvavat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrvavat (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘as before’
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण)
tubut/then
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (विरोध/अन्वयबोधक)
vinyasyahaving arranged/placed
vinyasya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi + √nyas (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), having placed/arranged
vastrayugmama pair of cloths
vastrayugmam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootvastra + yugma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वस्त्राणां युग्मम्)
tuthen
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अन्वय/विरोध)
tasyaof it/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन) (gender-contextual)
uparion top
upari:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootupari (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/Preposition (उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय), ‘on/above’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘then/from that’
nyasetshould place
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootni + √as/√sad (धातु; causative sense ‘to place’)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

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

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaishnavism
S
Sanskrit Ritual Manuals

FAQs

It preserves a procedural snapshot of Purāṇic-era domestic/temple ritual practice, describing standardized steps in installing and adorning a kumbha (ritual pot), a common element in consecration and worship sequences.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily procedural and applicable across ritual settings.

The verse emphasizes careful adherence to an established ritual sequence ('as before'), reflecting a broader Purāṇic value of disciplined practice and continuity of transmitted procedure.

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