Varaha Purana 62.2: Adhyaya 62, Shloka 2

Instruction on the ‘Health Vow’ and the Rite of Solar Worship

Devanagari script

तस्यैव माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां समुपोषितः । पूजयेद् भास्करं देवं विष्णुरूपं सनातनम् ॥ ६२.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 62.2

Transliteration

tasyaiva māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ | pūjayed bhāskaraṃ devaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ sanātanam || 62.2 ||

Translation

అదే మాఘమాసంలోని సప్తమి నాడు విధిగా ఉపవాసం చేసి, విష్ణురూపుడైన సనాతన దేవుడు భాస్కరుని (సూర్యుని) పూజించాలి.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• माघ-मासस्य: of the month of Māgha
• माघ-मासस्य: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य मासः)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• समुपोषितः: having fasted/observed a fast
• समुपोषितः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent, implied ‘he’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्+उप-

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Enjoined action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भास्करस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• विष्णु-रूपम्: having the form of Viṣṇu
• विष्णु-रूपम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः रूपम्/विष्णुस्वरूपम्)

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indic Calendrics
• Sūrya Worship

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic calendrical piety by linking a specific tithi (Saptamī) in Māgha with disciplined practice (fasting) and solar veneration, illustrating how Purāṇas systematize ritual time and devotional observance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the reference is temporal (the month Māgha and the Saptamī tithi) rather than spatial.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes self-discipline through fasting and directed reverence, presenting ritual restraint and focused worship as a normative cultural practice.