Varaha Purana 56.5: Adhyaya 56, Shloka 5

Ritual Procedure for the Dhanyavrata

Prosperity Vow

Devanagari script

तस्यैव पुरतः कुण्डं कारयित्वा विघानतः । होमं तत्र प्रकुर्वीत एभिर्मन्त्रैर्विचक्षणः ॥ ५६.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 56.5

Transliteration

tasyaiva purataḥ kuṇḍaṃ kārayitvā vighānataḥ | homaṃ tatra prakurvīta ebhir mantrair vicakṣaṇaḥ || 56.5 ||

Translation

Bezpośrednio przed tym miejscem, po zbudowaniu kunda (dołu ogniowego) bez przeszkód, wiedzący praktyk powinien wykonać tam homę, ofiarę ogniową, używając tych mantr.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (deity)
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• कुण्डम्: fire-pit; altar-pit
• कुण्डम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कारयित्वा: having had (it) made
• कारयित्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) [णिच् causative: कारयति]
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) causative; ‘having caused (it) to be made’

• विघानतः: according to proper rule
• विघानतः: सम्बन्ध (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विघानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/हेतुवाचक (adverb: ‘properly/according to rule’); पाठभेदः सम्भवः ‘विधानतः’

• होमम्: homa; oblation-offering
• होमम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदी

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मन्त्रैः: mantras
• मन्त्रैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• विचक्षणः: the wise/discerning person
• विचक्षणः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (the discerning one)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a concise procedural instruction typical of Purāṇic ritual manuals, indicating how tīrtha-oriented practice could include standardized homa performance and the preparation of a kuṇḍa.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name appears in this verse fragment; the location is referenced deictically as “in front of that” and “there,” implying continuity with a previously named site in the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes careful, unobstructed preparation and competent performance—an ethic of disciplined method (procedural clarity and expertise) rather than coercive religiosity.