Varaha Purana 174.97: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 97

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

(छत्रादिदानम्) पर्जन्यो वरुणः सूर्यः सलिलं केशवः शिवः ॥ अग्निर्वैश्रवणो देवः पापं हरतु मेऽव्ययः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.97

Transliteration

(chatrādidānam) parjanyo varuṇaḥ sūryaḥ salilaṁ keśavaḥ śivaḥ || agnir vaiśravaṇo devaḥ pāpaṁ haratu me 'vyayaḥ ||

Translation

(ว่าด้วยการถวายร่มและทานที่เกี่ยวเนื่อง:) ขอปัรชัญญะ วรุณะ พระอาทิตย์ สายน้ำ เกศวะ ศิวะ อัคนี และเทพไวศรวณะ—ขอเดชะทิพย์อันไม่เสื่อมสลาย จงขจัดบาปของข้าพเจ้า

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Word by Word

• छत्रादिदानम्: gift of umbrellas etc. (charity)
• छत्रादिदानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र + आदि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: छत्रादीनां दानम्

• पर्जन्यः: Parjanya (rain-god)
• पर्जन्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सूर्यः: Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• केशवः: Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• केशवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वैश्रवणः: Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरतु: may (he) remove
• हरतु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: for me / of me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• अव्ययः: imperishable
• अव्ययः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) of देवः

Speaker

Unspecified (liturgical formula within the narrative; defaults to Varāha-frame if needed)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Indic Ritual Culture
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a donation-related (dāna) ritual formula and a syncretic list of deities, useful for reconstructing medieval North Indian ritual and devotional ecologies.

Which geographic location is identified?

None is explicitly named here; the focus is on a general purificatory invocation associated with dāna practice.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames charitable giving (dāna) and moral purification as linked—ethical repair is sought through disciplined generosity and remembrance of cosmic order.