Varaha Purana 128.82: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 82

Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia

Devanagari script

मन्त्रः— नाहं शस्त्रं देवदेव स्मृशामि परापवादं न च देव ब्रवीमि ॥ कर्म करोमि संसारमोक्षणं त्वया चोक्तमेव वराहसंस्थान ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 128.82

Transliteration

mantraḥ— nāhaṃ śastraṃ devadeva smṛśāmi parāpavādaṃ na ca deva bravīmi || karma karomi saṃsāra-mokṣaṇaṃ tvayā coktam eva varāha-saṃsthāna

Translation

మంత్రం: ఓ దేవదేవా! నేను శస్త్రాన్ని ఎత్తను; ఓ ప్రభూ, పరాపవాదమును కూడా పలుకను. ఓ వరాహస్వరూపా, నీవు చెప్పినట్లే సంసారమోక్షకర్మను నేను ఆచరిస్తున్నాను।

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Word by Word

• mantraḥ: mantra

• na: not

• aham: I

• śastram: weapon

• devadeva: O god of gods

• smṛśāmi: touch/take up (lit. ‘I touch’)

• parāpavādam: slander of others

• na ca: nor

• deva: O lord

• bravīmi: I speak

• karma: act/practice

• karomi: I do

• saṃsāra-mokṣaṇam: that which frees from transmigration

• tvayā: by you

• ca: and

• uktam: said/taught

• eva: indeed/precisely

• varāha-saṃsthāna: O one whose form/abode is Varāha (Varāha-formed)

Speaker

Initiate/reciter (mantra voice; addressed to Varāha/Viṣṇu)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ahimsa and Speech Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

As a self-declarative mantra, it documents how Purāṇic ritual could incorporate ethical vows (non-violence and restraint of speech) as part of initiation-oriented recitation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is referenced.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Renounce harm (weapon-bearing) and harmful speech (slander), and pursue practice oriented toward liberation from saṃsāra.