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Varaha Purana 183.28: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 28

Installation of a Clay Icon (Mṛnmayārcā) and the Ritual Protocol of Worship

यो गुरुं पूजयेद्भक्त्या विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ तेनाहं पूजितो नित्यं देवि सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 183.28

yo guruṃ pūjayed bhaktyā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || tenāhaṃ pūjito nityaṃ devi satyaṃ bravīmi te ||

ผู้ใดบูชาครูด้วยภักติ โดยการกระทำที่เป็นไปตามวิธีบัญญัติ ผู้นั้นย่อมบูชาข้าพเจ้าอยู่เสมอ โอ้เทวี เรากล่าวความจริงแก่ท่าน

यःhe who
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
गुरुम्the teacher
गुरुम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पूजयेत्should worship/honour
पूजयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक
विधि-दृष्टेनas prescribed by rule
विधि-दृष्टेन:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः: ‘विधिना दृष्टः’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
कर्मणाby an act/ritual
कर्मणा:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तेनby that; therefore
तेन:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुषार्थक सर्वनाम
पूजितःworshipped/honoured
पूजितः:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः ‘am worshipped’
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत्; कालवाचक (adverb of time)
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of content)
ब्रवीमिI say
ब्रवीमि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (दत्त्यर्थे); सर्वनाम

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework; addressing Devī/Pṛthivī)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa
D
Dharma Traditions
T
Teacher-Student Culture

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It highlights the centrality of the guru in premodern knowledge transmission and frames teacher-honor as a socially stabilizing norm.

No geographic location is stated.

Sustained respect for teachers through disciplined, rule-aligned conduct.

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