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Varaha Purana 99.85: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 85

The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift

सा तु षोडशभिः कार्या चतुर्भिर् वत्सको भवेत् ॥ नासा गन्धमयी तस्या जिह्वा गुडमयी शुभा ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 99.85

sā tu ṣoḍaśabhiḥ kāryā caturbhir vatsako bhavet || nāsā gandhamayī tasyā jihvā guḍamayī śubhā ||

ఆ (ధేను-ప్రతిమ) పదహారు భాగాలతో చేయవలెను; వత్సకము నాలుగు భాగాలతో చేయబడును. దాని ముక్కు సుగంధ ద్రవ్యములతో, శుభమైన నాలుక బెల్లముతో చేయవలెను।

साshe/that (cow)
सा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
षोडशभिःwith sixteen (parts)
षोडशभिः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental plural (with sixteen [parts])
कार्याto be made
कार्या:
Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate adjective of सा)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + यत् (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तव्यता-वाचक (gerundive), ‘to be made’
चतुर्भिःwith four
चतुर्भिः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental plural
वत्सकःa calf
वत्सकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवत्सक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भवेत्should be
भवेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नासाnose
नासा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनासा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गन्ध-मयीmade of fragrance/aromatic
गन्ध-मयी:
Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate adjective of नासा)
TypeAdjective
Rootगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (तद्धित)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त; समास/निर्माणः—गन्धेन मयी (instrumental sense)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive singular
जिह्वाtongue
जिह्वा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गुड-मयीmade of jaggery
गुड-मयी:
Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate adjective of जिह्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुड (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (तद्धित)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त; ‘made of jaggery’
शुभाauspicious
शुभा:
Karta (कर्ता) (as qualifier of जिह्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
D
Dāna (Gift-ritual)
I
Iconography of ritual objects
S
Sanskrit Manuscript Studies

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It preserves technical craft instructions (counts of components and edible/aromatic materials), informing studies of ritual design and symbolic materials.

No location is specified; the verse is procedural rather than topographical.

The ethical focus is on conscientious preparation—care and purity in making a gift are treated as integral to responsible giving.

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