Varaha Purana 182.4: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 4

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

दीपकं च ततो दद्याद्बलिं दध्योदनेन च ॥ नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.4

Transliteration

dīpakaṃ ca tato dadyād baliṃ dadhyodanena ca || namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā mantram udīrayet ||

Translation

Następnie należy złożyć lampę i ofiarę bali z ryżu w jogurcie; po wypowiedzeniu „Namo Nārāyaṇāya” („Cześć Nārāyaṇie”), należy odrecytować mantrę.

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Word by Word

• dīpakam: a lamp
• dīpakam: Karma (कर्म/object of dadyāt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (thereafter)

• dadyāt: should give/offer
• dadyāt: Kriya (क्रिया/prescription)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• balim: an offering (bali)
• balim: Karma (कर्म/object of dadyāt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dadhy-odanena: with curd-rice
• dadhy-odanena: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + odana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); dadhi-odana = curd-rice; means of offering

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत्)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), indeclinable interjection; used with dative (चतुर्थी)

• nārāyaṇāya: to Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इत्यर्थक)

• uktvā: having uttered
• uktvā: Kriya (क्रियापूर्वक/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), having said

• mantram: the mantra
• mantram: Karma (कर्म/object of udīrayet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• udīrayet: should recite/intonate
• udīrayet: Kriya (क्रिया/prescription)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud + īr (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇava Ritual
• Offerings
• Lamp Worship

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It evidences specific offering types (lamp, bali, curd-rice) that inform the history of liturgical practice and ritual food culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the verse describes standard offerings applicable across regions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Structured giving—offering light and sustenance—models a disciplined, non-coercive form of devotional and communal practice.