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Varaha Purana 57.5: Adhyaya 57, Shloka 5

The Observance for Attaining Radiance: The Soma Kānti-Vrata

परस्वरूपं सोमाख्यं द्विकलं तद्दिने हि यत् । तस्यार्घं दापयेद्धीमान् मन्त्रेण परमेष्ठिनः ॥ ५७.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 57.5

parasvarūpaṃ somākhyaṃ dvikalaṃ taddine hi yat | tasyārghaṃ dāpayeddhīmān mantreṇa parameṣṭhinaḥ || 57.5 ||

Pada hari itu, yang disebut Soma—berwujud parasvarūpa dan terdiri daripada dua bahagian (dvikala)—hendaklah orang bijaksana mengatur persembahan arghya baginya dengan mantra yang ditujukan kepada Parameṣṭhin.

परस्वरूपम्the supreme form/nature
परस्वरूपम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपरस्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक: पर + स्वरूप)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः परस्य स्वरूपम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
सोमाख्यम्named Soma
सोमाख्यम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसोमाख्य (प्रातिपदिक: सोम + आख्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः सोम इति आख्या यस्य (नामधारक; उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
द्विकलम्two-part/two-phased
द्विकलम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विकल (प्रातिपदिक: द्वि + कल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (two parts/कलाः)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्ता/विषय (Topic/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य सहसंबन्धि (correlative)
दिनेon the day
दिने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
यत्which
यत्:
कर्ता/विषय (Relative subject/topic)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
अर्घम्arghya offering
अर्घम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
दापयेत्should cause (someone) to give
दापयेत्:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) (णिच् causative: दापय)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘cause to give’)
धीमान्the wise person
धीमान्:
कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधीमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
परमेष्ठिनःof Parameṣṭhin
परमेष्ठिनः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपरमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; ‘परमेष्ठिन्’ (Brahmā/Highest Lord)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
R
Ritual Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It reflects Purāṇic ritual standardization: calendar-linked observances and prescribed offerings (arghya) paired with specific mantras, illustrating how later Sanskrit compendia systematized earlier Vedic/Smārta ritual vocabulary.

No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse fragment; the instruction is calendrical and ritual rather than site-specific.

The verse emphasizes disciplined, knowledgeable performance of offerings—acting with understanding (dhīmān) and procedural correctness (mantra-guided arghya), framed as a cultural-philosophical practice of reverence and order.

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