Varaha Purana 142.34: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 34

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

Devanagari script

जलस्नानं ततः कुर्याद् अन्यवस्त्रपरिग्रहम् ॥ अपूर्णे ऋतुकाले तु योऽभिगच्छेद्रजस्वलाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 142.34

Transliteration

jalasnānaṃ tataḥ kuryād anyavastraparigraham || apūrṇe ṛtukāle tu yo'bhigacched rajasvalām ||

Translation

ఆ తరువాత జలస్నానం చేసి ఇతర వస్త్రాలను ధరించాలి. కానీ ఋతుకాలం పూర్తికాకముందే రజస్వల స్త్రీని సమీపించే వాడు,

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Word by Word

• jalasnānam: water-bath; bathing with water
• jalasnānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; components: jala (water) + snāna (bath)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa/kāla-avyaya (ablatival adverb: then/thereafter/from that)

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• anyavastraparigraham: taking other clothes; change of garments
• anyavastraparigraham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya-vastra-parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; components: anya (other) + vastra (cloth) + parigraha (taking/accepting)

• apūrṇe: when not completed; before completion
• apūrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; Viśeṣaṇa of ṛtukāle

• ṛtukāle: in the (menstrual) period/time
• ṛtukāle: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛtu-kāla (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; components: ṛtu (season/menstrual period) + kāla (time)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (but/indeed)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; Relative pronoun

• abhigacchet: should approach/go to
• abhigacchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-gam (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• rajasvalām: a menstruating woman
• rajasvalām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajasvalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; feminine substantive

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Śauca

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents purification and clothing-change practices as part of regulated domestic ritual life in Sanskrit normative traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It links completion of observance with purification, and introduces a prohibition concerning approaching a rajasvalā before the relevant period is complete.