Varaha Purana 49.8: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 8

The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तेजः समभवद् द्वादशादित्यसंनिभम् । शतानि पञ्च तस्यासन् सपत्नीनां यतव्रत ॥ ४९.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 49.8

Transliteration

tasyās tejaḥ samabhavad dvādaśāditya-sannibham | śatāni pañca tasyāsan sapatnīnāṃ yatavrata || 49.8 ||

Translation

ତେବେ ତାହାର ତେଜ ଦ୍ୱାଦଶ ଆଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କ ସମ ପ୍ରଭା ହୋଇ ଉଦ୍ଭାସିତ ହେଲା। ତାଙ୍କର ପାଞ୍ଚଶେ ସପତ୍ନୀ ବ୍ରତନିଷ୍ଠ ହୋଇ ସେଠାରେ ଥିଲେ।

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Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• tejaḥ: splendor, radiance
• tejaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• samabhavat: arose; came to be
• samabhavat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; with prefix सम्+; from √भू

• dvādaśa-āditya-sannibham: like twelve suns
• dvādaśa-āditya-sannibham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—‘द्वादशानाम् आदित्यानाम् इव सन्निभम्’

• śatāni: hundreds
• śatāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral; indeclinable-like in form; qualifying śatāni

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• āsan: were
• āsan: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Plural; Parasmaipada; from √अस्

• sapatnīnām: of co-wives
• sapatnīnām: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapatnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th), Plural

• yata-vrata: O restrained-vowed one
• yata-vrata: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘यतं व्रतं यस्य’ (as epithet)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not indicated in the fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic literary strategy: expressing extraordinary status through cosmological comparison (here, radiance likened to the twelve Ādityas), while also preserving social and genealogical motifs (household plurality) typical of epic–Purāṇic narrative worlds.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily cosmological (Āditya comparison) and narrative (presence of co-wives).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The explicit ethical emphasis is on disciplined observance (yata-vrata), presented as a valued quality attributed to the figures described, without framing it as a compulsory doctrinal command.