Varaha Purana 182.33: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 33

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

दीनानाथान्प्रतर्प्याथ यथाविभवशक्तितः ॥ य एतेन विधानेन कुर्यात्संस्थापनं मम

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.33

Transliteration

dīnānāthān pratarpyātha yathāvibhavaśaktitaḥ || ya etena vidhānena kuryāt saṃsthāpanaṃ mama

Translation

แล้วจึงบำรุงเลี้ยงผู้ยากไร้และผู้ไร้ที่พึ่งตามกำลังทรัพย์และความสามารถของตน—ผู้ใดกระทำการประดิษฐานเราโดยวิธีบัญญัตินี้…

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Word by Word

• dīna-anāthān: the poor and the helpless
• dīna-anāthān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + anātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: 'दीनांश्च अनाथांश्च'

• pratarpya: having satisfied
• pratarpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√tṛp (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), 'having satisfied/served (with food etc.)'

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha/Anukrama (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; sequence marker)

• yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ: according to one’s means and ability
• yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vibhava (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial): 'यथाविभवशक्त्या' इत्यर्थः; तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• etena: by this
• etena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vidhānena: by the procedure/arrangement
• vidhānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• saṃsthāpanam: installation/establishment
• saṃsthāpanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsthāpana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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Bhu Devi Dialogue

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Vrata Mahatmya

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Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Ethics
• Ritual Studies
• Dāna (Giving)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows that Purāṇic ritual frameworks often embed welfare-oriented giving, tying religious procedure to community care.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier appears here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Support the vulnerable (dīna, anātha) proportionate to one’s means (yathā-śakti).