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Varaha Purana 124.43: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 43

Ritual Observances Aligned with the Seasons

Seasonal Devotional Procedure

एतेषां सुमनोभिश्च पूजनीयो महादरात् ॥ मम संस्थापनं कृत्वा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ नमो नारायणायेति इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 124.43

eteṣāṃ sumanobhiś ca pūjanīyo mahādarāt || mama saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || namo nārāyaṇāyeti imaṃ mantram udāharet ||

ఈ పుష్పాలతో మహాదరంతో నన్ను పూజించవలెను. విధి ప్రకారం నా సంస్థాపన చేసి ‘నమో నారాయణాయ’ అనే మంత్రాన్ని ఉచ్చరించవలెను.

eteṣāmof these
eteṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
sumanobhiḥwith flowers / with good offerings
sumanobhiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsumana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; karaṇa (करण) sense
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
pūjanīyaḥto be worshipped / worthy of worship
pūjanīyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūjanīya (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज् धातु)
FormGerundive/Obligative (तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective
mahādarātout of great reverence
mahādarāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; hetu/ कारण sense
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
saṃsthāpanaminstallation / establishing
saṃsthāpanam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃsthāpana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of kṛtvā (having done)
kṛtvāhaving done
kṛtvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/preceding action)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), avyaya; pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
vidhi-dṛṣṭenaas prescribed by injunction
vidhi-dṛṣṭena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidhi + dṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √dṛś दृश्)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular, Neuter (agreeing with karmaṇā); ‘seen/prescribed by rule’
karmaṇāby the rite / by the act
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; karaṇa sense
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (प्रयोजन/obeisance expression)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNipāta used as indeclinable; governs dative (चतुर्थी)
nārāyaṇāyato Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; recipient of namaḥ
itithus
iti:
Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात) marking mantra quotation
imamthis
imam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; modifies mantram
mantrammantra
mantram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of udāharet
udāharetshould utter / should recite
udāharet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√āhṛ (आहृ धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; injunction

Varāha (default)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
M
Mantra
P
Purāṇic Ritual Manuals

FAQs

It documents a standard Purāṇic worship sequence—installation (saṃsthāpana) plus mantra recitation—useful for reconstructing medieval ritual practice.

No geographic location is specified; the verse focuses on ritual procedure and mantra.

Ritual action is to be performed carefully (mahādarāt) and according to prescribed rules (vidhi), emphasizing disciplined practice.

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