Varaha Purana 47.7: Adhyaya 47, Shloka 7

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

Pūrva Bhāga · Vratavidhi / Māsa-dharma (Śrāvaṇa-māsa observances)

Devanagari script

एष ते विधिरुद्दिष्टः श्रावणे मासि वै विभो । एतस्याश्च प्रभावं यत् शृणु पापप्रणाशनम् ॥ ४७.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 47.7

Transliteration

eṣa te vidhir uddiṣṭaḥ śrāvaṇe māsi vai vibho | etasyāś ca prabhāvaṃ yat śṛṇu pāpapraṇāśanam || 47.7 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Wahai yang perkasa, tatacara ini telah dinyatakan kepadamu pada bulan Śrāvaṇa. Sekarang dengarlah keberkesanannya—yang membawa kepada lenyapnya dosa dan kejahatan.

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Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• te: for you / to you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• vidhiḥ: rule/rite
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)

• uddiṣṭaḥ: has been prescribed/declared
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate adjective)
• Root: ud + √diś (धातु)

• śrāvaṇe: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)

• māsi: in the month
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)

• vai: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• vibho: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)

• etasyāḥ: of this (rite)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• prabhāvam: the efficacy/power
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)

• yat: which
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
• Role: Karma (कर्म/object; correlates with prabhāvam)
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• śṛṇu: hear
• Type: Verb
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Root: √śru (धातु)

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destruction of sins
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्) used as apposition to prabhāvam
• Role: Karma (कर्म/object complement)
• Root: pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• vidhir uddiṣṭaḥ: external sandhi (visarga before vowel) in recitation
• etasyāś ca = etasyāḥ + ca

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasaSetting: Sacred time

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Attentive/curious

What she asks

What is the specific prabhāva of this Śrāvaṇa procedure that destroys sin?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Time-sacralization in dharma

Subjects

EthicsRitual ProcedureTemporal Observances (Māsa-dharma)

Core idea

Dharma operates through right act in right time; sacred months intensify karmic outcomes.

In practice

Align vows and worship with the prescribed month (Śrāvaṇa) and follow the full procedure to seek purification.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha frames the observance temporally (Śrāvaṇa) and promises to explain its pāpa-destroying efficacy to the listener (Bhū implied).

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic instructional structure: first outlining a prescribed observance (vidhi), then introducing its claimed efficacy (prabhāva), reflecting the didactic and compilatory character of Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is temporal (the month of Śrāvaṇa) rather than spatial.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames adherence to a specified discipline in Śrāvaṇa as ethically consequential, associating the practice with the reduction or removal of pāpa (wrongdoing/negative moral residue).