Varaha Purana 112.80: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 80

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

Devanagari script

सरत्नं पुरुषः कृत्वा कार्त्तिक्यां द्वादशी दिने ॥ अथवा पञ्चदश्यां च कार्त्तिकस्य विशेषतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.80

Transliteration

saratnaṃ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā kārttikyāṃ dvādaśī dine || athavā pañcadaśyāṃ ca kārttikasya viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Przygotowawszy "człowieka wraz z klejnotami", dwunastego dnia w miesiącu Karttika, lub też piętnastego, szczególnie w miesiącu Karttika

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Word by Word

• सरत्नम्: with jewels, jewel-adorned
• सरत्नम्: कर्म (Object; what is made)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थ) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं); समासः सहार्थक (with jewels)

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done/made)

• कार्त्तिक्याम्: in (the month of) Kārttikī
• कार्त्तिक्याम्: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री); कालवाचक (time)

• द्वादशी: the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादशी: अधिकरण (Time; tithi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/सप्तमी-सम्भाव्य (context: ‘on the twelfth’), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तिथि-वाचक

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं)

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: विकल्प (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or else)

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth lunar day
• पञ्चदश्याम्: अधिकरण (Time; tithi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री); तिथि-वाचक

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• कार्त्तिकस्य: of Kārttika (month)
• कार्त्तिकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular/एकवचन), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं); मासवाचक

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेष-बोधक (especially, particularly)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇava Calendar
• Dāna (Gift traditions)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indicates the importance of lunar calendrics in Purāṇic ritual life and suggests a tradition of symbolic/representational gifts associated with merit-making.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the verse is temporal (month and lunar days).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To coordinate charitable/ritual acts with calendrically significant days, highlighting disciplined timing as part of ethical practice.