Varaha Purana 41.1: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 1

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । एवं माघे सिते पक्षे द्वादशीं धरणीभृतः । वराहस्य शृणुष्वाद्यां मुने परमधार्मिक ॥ ४१.१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 41.1

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | evaṃ māghe site pakṣe dvādaśīṃ dharaṇībhṛtaḥ | varāhasya śṛṇuṣv ādyāṃ mune paramadhārmika || 41.1 ||

Translation

Durvāsā rzekł: Tak więc w miesiącu Māgha, w jasnej połowie miesiąca, słuchaj, o mędrczu o najwyższej dharmie, opowieści o obserwancji Dwādaśī Warahy, Tego, który dźwiga Ziemię.

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Word by Word

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā (sage)
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिते: bright (white)
• सिते: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) पक्षे

• पक्षे: fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्वादशीम्: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādaśī)
• द्वादशीम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• धरणीभृतः: of the king (earth-bearer)
• धरणीभृतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरण्याः भर्ता)

• वराहस्य: of Varāha
• वराहस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• आद्याम्: the first/primary (one)
• आद्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) [द्वादशीम्]

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमधार्मिक: O supremely righteous one
• परमधार्मिक: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (परमः धार्मिकः)

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology
• Cultural Heritage (Ritual Practice)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a formal narrative transition (uvāca-frame) introducing a calendrical observance tied to Māgha-śukla-dvādaśī, a common Purāṇic method for embedding ritual practice within a mythic-ethical discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it identifies sacred time (Māgha, bright fortnight, Dvādaśī) rather than a pilgrimage location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds attentive transmission of dharma-oriented teaching (śṛṇuṣva) and frames the forthcoming material as a disciplined, ethically relevant observance associated with Varāha as ‘Earth-bearer’ (dharaṇībhṛt).