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Varaha Purana 65.5: Adhyaya 65, Shloka 5

The Sovereignty Vow and the Cycle of Tithi-Based Observances

पूर्वं पश्चाद्यथेष्टं तु एवं संवत्सरं नृप । यः करोति नरो नित्यं तस्य दिग्विजयो भवेत् ॥ ६५.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 65.5

pūrvaṃ paścād yatheṣṭaṃ tu evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa | yaḥ karoti naro nityaṃ tasya digvijayo bhavet || 65.5 ||

ఓ రాజా! ఎవడు ఈ విధంగా ఒక సంవత్సరం నిత్యం ఆచరిస్తాడో—ముందుగా తూర్పు, తరువాత పడమర, తన ఇష్టానుసారం—అతనికి దిగ్విజయం, అంటే అన్ని దిక్కులలో విజయము కలుగుతుంది।

पूर्वम्first / in the east
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverbial accusative: ‘first/eastward’)
पश्चात्afterwards / in the west
पश्चात्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: ‘afterwards/westward’)
यथेष्टम्as one wishes
यथेष्टम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा + इष्ट (कृदन्त; इष् धातु)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb: ‘as desired’)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
संवत्सरम्for a year
संवत्सरम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
करोतिdoes / performs
करोति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यः इत्यस्य विशेष्य
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दिग्विजयःconquest of the quarters
दिग्विजयः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदिक् + विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दिशां विजयः)
भवेत्would occur / would be
भवेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dharma
V
Vaishnavism
I
Indic Cultural Geography

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic pattern in which disciplined observance over a fixed period (here, a saṃvatsara) is linked to an idealized outcome—symbolic ‘victory in all directions’—a trope shared with wider Sanskrit political and pilgrimage vocabularies.

No specific site-name appears in this verse; it instead uses a directional schema (pūrva/paścāt and ‘quarters’) typical of Sanskrit spatial organization rather than pinpointing a single identifiable location.

The verse emphasizes sustained regular practice (nityam) and orderly conduct across time and space, presenting disciplined continuity as the means to attain broad success (digvijaya).

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