Varaha Purana 62.5: Adhyaya 62, Shloka 5
Instruction on the ‘Health Vow’ and the Rite of Solar Worship
Pūrva Bhāga · Vrata–Dāna–Pūjā Phala (Ritual Observance and Merit)
अनेन वत्सरं पूर्णं विधिना योऽर्चयेद् रविम् । तस्यारोग्यं धनं धान्यमिह जन्मनि जायते । परत्र च शुभं स्थानं यद्गत्वा न निवर्तते ॥ ६२.५ ॥
anena vatsaraṁ pūrṇaṁ vidhinā yo 'rcayed ravim | tasyārogyaṁ dhanaṁ dhānyam iha janmani jāyate | paratra ca śubhaṁ sthānaṁ yad gatvā na nivartate || 62.5 ||
anena vatsaraM pUrNaM vidhinA yo.archayed ravim | tasyArogyaM dhanaM dhAnyamiha janmami jAyate | paratra cha shubhaM sthAnaM yad gatvA na nivartate || 62.5 ||
ఈ విధానంతో పూర్తి ఒక సంవత్సరం రవిని (సూర్యుని) అర్చించే వానికి, ఈ జన్మలోనే ఆరోగ్యం, ధనం, ధాన్యసంపద కలుగుతాయి; పరలోకంలోనూ వెళ్లిన తర్వాత తిరిగి రానవసరం లేని శుభలోకం లభిస్తుంది.
Sandhi Notes
- योऽर्चयेत् = यः + अर्चयेत्
- तस्यारोग्यम् = तस्य + आरोग्यम्
- धान्यमिह = धान्यम् + इह
- यद्गत्वा = यत् + गत्वा
Varāha
Sustained, rule-bound worship integrates worldly well-being with a higher auspicious destiny.
Commit to a year-long regimen (saṃvatsara-niyama), tracking tithis and maintaining continuity (anavaccheda) in worship.
The Sun as the visible regulator of time and harvest becomes the conduit for both artha (prosperity) and mokṣa-tinged ‘non-return’—a Purāṇic bridging of karma-kāṇḍa and liberation language.
Apunarāvṛtti phraseology echoes Upaniṣadic soteriology; here framed through sustained upāsanā and vrata-niyama rather than abstract jñāna alone.
Worship Ravi by the prescribed method continuously for a full year to obtain both worldly and otherworldly results.
Faithful annual observance yields ārogya, dhana, dhānya and an auspicious non-returning state; discontinuity or negligence diminishes or delays these fruits.
Health, wealth, grain-prosperity in this life; after death, an auspicious realm ‘from which one does not return’ (apunarāvṛtti-style promise).
62.62.6 (exemplum: Anaraṇya receives ārogya)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic genre of phalaśruti (statements of outcomes) attached to regulated ritual practice, linking social goods (health, wealth, grain) with posthumous aspirations in the broader Sanskrit textual tradition.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a temporal vow (a full year) and its described results rather than a specific sacred site.
The verse promotes disciplined observance (vidhinā) and sustained practice over time, framing ethical-religious conduct as orderly, intentional worship associated with well-being and an auspicious posthumous destination.
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