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Varaha Purana 191.14: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 14

Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation

कारणं मधुपर्कस्य दानं सङ्करणं तथा ॥ ममार्चनविधिं कृत्वा मधुपर्कं प्रयच्छति ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 191.14

kāraṇaṃ madhuparkasya dānaṃ saṅkaraṇaṃ tathā || mamārcanavidhiṃ kṛtvā madhuparkaṃ prayacchati |

మధుపర్కమునకు కారణము దానము, అలాగే యథావిధి సంయోగము. నా అర్చనావిధిని నిర్వహించి మధుపర్కమును సమర్పించును.

कारणम्cause / purpose
कारणम्:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootकारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
मधुपर्कस्यof Madhuparka
मधुपर्कस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
दानम्giving / donation
दानम्:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
सङ्करणम्mixing / blending
सङ्करणम्:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootसङ्करण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘mixing/combination’
तथाand also / likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यताबोधक (and also/likewise)
ममmy / of me
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन
अर्चनविधिम्the procedure of worship
अर्चनविधिम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चन+विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (अर्चनस्य विधिः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done/performed’
मधुपर्कम्Madhuparka offering
मधुपर्कम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्रयच्छतिgives / offers
प्रयच्छति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+यम् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Ritual Instruction
S
Sanskrit Ritual Vocabulary
V
Vaiṣṇava Practice (textual)
C
Cultural Heritage (intangible)

FAQs

It concisely summarizes ritual logic—preparation plus gifting—illustrating how Purāṇic texts encode procedural norms and the social value of offerings.

No geographic location is specified in this verse.

The central instruction is the ethical-ritual emphasis on dāna (giving) performed within an ordered procedure (vidhi), presenting the offering after appropriate worship.

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