Varaha Purana 174.71: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 71

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

(अर्घ्यम्) हव्यभुग्घव्यकर्त्ता त्वं होता हव्यं त्वमेव च ॥ सर्वमूर्त्ते जगद्योनॆ नमस्ते केशवाय च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.71

Transliteration

(arghyam) havyabhug havyakarttā tvaṃ hotā havyaṃ tvam eva ca || sarvamūrtte jagadyone namas te keśavāya ca

Translation

(అర్ఘ్యం) నీవు హవ్యభోక్తవు, హవ్యకర్తవు; నీవే హోత, హవ్యమూ నీవే. ఓ సర్వమూర్తీ, జగద్యోనీ—నీకు, కేశవునకు నమస్కారము.

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Word by Word

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter)

• हव्यभुक्: eater of oblations (Agni)
• हव्यभुक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य + भुज् (धातु) → हव्यभुक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; agent-noun (कृदन्त) ‘havyam bhuṅkte’

• हव्यकर्त्ता: performer/offerer of oblations
• हव्यकर्त्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘havyasya kartā’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun nominative

• होता: Hotṛ priest
• होता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘hotṛ’ (sacrificial priest)

• हव्यम्: oblations
• हव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वमूर्त्ते: O one of all forms
• सर्वमूर्त्ते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8), एकवचन; (likely) पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग vocative; ‘sarvā mūrtiḥ yasya/yaḥ’ used as address

• जगद्योनॆ: O source of the world
• जगद्योनॆ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8), एकवचन; ‘jagataḥ yoniḥ’ (source of the world) used in address

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग/निपातवत्; indeclinable interjection used with dative/genitive (‘salutation’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (6/4), एकवचन; enclitic ‘te’ = to you/your

• केशवाय: to Keśava
• केशवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4), एकवचन; dative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Vaishnavism
• Vedic Terminology (Hotṛ, Havya)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a theological-rhetorical pattern where roles of sacrifice (priest, offering, recipient) are unified, illustrating how Purāṇic texts reframe Vedic ritual categories.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the verse is conceptual and ritual-theoretical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It promotes integrative understanding: recognizing interconnected agency in ritual action rather than treating worship as a purely transactional act.