Varaha Purana 63.7: Adhyaya 63, Shloka 7

Procedure for the Son-Obtaining Vow

Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance

Devanagari script

प्रतिमासमानेनैव विधिनोपोष्य मानवः । कृष्णाष्टमीमपुत्रोऽपि लभेत् पुत्रं न संशयः ॥ ६३.७ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 63.7

Transliteration

pratimāsamānenaiva vidhinopoṣya mānavaḥ | kṛṣṇāṣṭamīm aputro 'pi labhet putraṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 63.7 ||

Translation

Aquele que observa o jejum segundo o rito prescrito, com a mesma disciplina a cada mês—mesmo sendo sem filhos—alcançará um filho varão pela observância de Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī; não há dúvida (assim declara o texto).

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Word by Word

• प्रतिमाससमानेन: with the same (observance) each month
• प्रतिमाससमानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + मास + समान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (प्रति-मासम्) + समान; अर्थः 'प्रतिमासं समानरूपेण' (with the same (rite) every month)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/only)

• विधिना: by the prescribed rule
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having fasted/observed upavāsa)

• मानवः: a man, person
• मानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृष्णाष्टमीम्: the Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī (dark-fortnight eighth)
• कृष्णाष्टमीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (कृष्णा अष्टमी)

• अपुत्रः: sonless
• अपुत्रः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मानवः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवाद (even/also)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय (predicate nominal)

Speaker

Varāha (default, verse fragment lacks explicit speaker marker)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Vrata Traditions
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects the Purāṇic genre’s consolidation of vrata (observance) literature, where monthly discipline and calendrical rites are presented as socially meaningful practices within early medieval Hindu textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the focus is calendrical (Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī) rather than a tīrtha or place-based tradition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Regularity and rule-governed discipline (vidhi) in observance is emphasized; the verse frames consistent monthly practice as efficacious within the text’s ritual-ethical worldview.