Varaha Purana 54.2: Adhyaya 54, Shloka 2

Nārada’s Teaching on a Viṣṇu-Vrata for Securing a Husband

Narrative of the Apsarases

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । विष्णुरेव सदाराध्यः सर्वदेवैरपि प्रभुः । तस्योपायं प्रवक्ष्यामि येनासौ वरदो भवेत् ॥ ५४.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 54.2

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | viṣṇur eva sadārādhyaḥ sarvadevair api prabhuḥ | tasyopāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yenāsau varado bhavet || 54.2 ||

Translation

Agastja rzekł: "Tylko Wisznu ma być nieustannie czczony; on jest Panem nawet dla wszystkich bogów. Wyjaśnię środek dotyczący niego, dzięki któremu może stać się dawcą błogosławieństw."

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• agastyaḥ: Agastya (sage)

• uvāca: said

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu

• eva: indeed/alone

• sadā: always

• ārādhyaḥ: to be worshipped/propitiated

• sarva-devaiḥ: by all the gods

• api: even/also

• prabhuḥ: lord/master

• tasya: of him

• upāyam: means/method

• pravakṣyāmi: I will explain

• yena: by which

• asau: he (that one)

• vara-daḥ: giver of boons

• bhavet: may become

Speaker

Agastya

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic instructional frame where a named sage authoritatively introduces an upāya (practical means) for worship, reflecting the genre’s role in systematizing devotional disciplines.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal preface to an upcoming method or practice.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined, continual devotion (sadā-ārādhana) and presents worship as a structured means (upāya) toward obtaining beneficial outcomes, framed in a non-polemical, instructional manner.