Varaha Purana 157.7: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 7

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā–Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

Devanagari script

इति गायन्ति पितरः परलोकगताः सदा ॥ द्वादश्यां ज्येष्ठमासे तु समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 157.7

Transliteration

iti gāyanti pitaraḥ paralokagatāḥ sadā || dvādaśyāṃ jyeṣṭhamāse tu samabhyarcya janārdanam ||

Translation

ఇలా పరలోకానికి వెళ్లిన పితృదేవతలు ఎల్లప్పుడూ పాడుతారు—‘జ్యేష్ఠమాస ద్వాదశినాడు జనార్దనుని విధివిధానంగా ఆరాధించి…’

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• गायन्ति: sing
• गायन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परलोक-गताः: gone to the other world
• परलोक-गताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'परलोकं गताः' (gone to the other world)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• द्वादश्याम्: on Dvādaśī
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on Dvādaśī)

• ज्येष्ठ-मासे: in the month of Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठ-मासे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'ज्येष्ठस्य मासे' (in the month of Jyeṣṭha)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having worshipped'

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

Speaker

Pitaraḥ (ancestors) within Varāha’s narration

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Ritual Calendar
• Ancestral Rites Context
• Vaiṣṇava Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic texts attribute ritual endorsement to pitṛs, reinforcing observances through a transgenerational authority structure.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name appears in this line; it functions as a calendrical and ritual framing statement within the Mathurā–Yamunā context of the chapter.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Continuity of disciplined observance is valorized—ritual practice is presented as sustained and endorsed across generations.