Varaha Purana 60.4: Adhyaya 60, Shloka 4

The Rite of the Śāntivrata: A Yearlong Observance with Viṣṇu-on-Śeṣa and Nāga-Anganyāsa Worship

Pūrva Bhāga · Nāga-stuti / Aṅga-nyāsa style invocations (protective sacred naming)

Devanagari script

तक्षकाश्येति जठरमुरः कर्कोटकाय च । पद्माय कण्ठं सम्पूज्य महापद्माय दोर्युगम् ॥ ६०.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 60.4

Transliteration

takṣakāyeti jaṭharam uraḥ karkoṭakāya ca | padmāya kaṇṭhaṃ sampūjya mahāpadmāya doryugam || 60.4 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Wypowiadając "(ukłon Takṣace)," należy czcić brzuch; i "Karkoṭace," pierś. Po oddaniu czci gardłu słowami "Padmie," należy czcić parę ramion słowami "Mahāpadmie."

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Word by Word

• तक्षकाय: to Takṣaka
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; (मन्त्रे नाम-उच्चारणे)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative-recipient)
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (quotative)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• जठरम्: the belly
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरः: the chest
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: उरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्कोटकाय: to Karkoṭaka
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; (मन्त्रे नाम-उच्चारणे)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative-recipient)
• Root: कर्कोटक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पद्माय: to Padma
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; (मन्त्रे नाम-उच्चारणे)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative-recipient)
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• कण्ठम्: the neck
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्ग: सम्-
• Role: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Root: पूज् (धातु)

• महापद्माय: to Mahāpadma
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् पद्मः)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative-recipient)
• Root: महापद्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• दोर्युगम्: the pair of arms
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वे दोरौ = दोर्युगम्)
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: दोर्/दोः (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• तक्षकाश्येति → तक्षकाय इति
• दोर्युगम् → दोः-युगम् (समास/सन्धि)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Ritual/temple visualization

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Embodied devotion (śarīra as pūjā-kṣetra)

Subjects

Ritual StudiesProtective InvocationsSacred Onomastics

Core idea

Names and forms structure attention; the body of the deity is contemplated as a cosmos of powers (śakti-s) arranged in order.

In practice

Use consistent visualization: as each limb is named, imagine that power sealing/protecting that region, sustaining uninterrupted bhāvanā.

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra and Nyāsa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a ritual-technical style of Purāṇic Sanskrit in which named powers (here, nāga figures) are mapped onto bodily regions, reflecting broader South Asian traditions of protective recitation and embodied liturgy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and lexical (nāga names and body-parts).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys a discipline of careful, structured reverence—an instruction toward attentiveness and orderly practice rather than a direct moral injunction.