Varaha Purana 191.12: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 12

Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation

Devanagari script

उद्भवं मधुपर्कस्य आत्मसम्भवनिश्चयम् ॥ ततस्तु मामब्रवीद् ब्रह्मा कारणं मधुरं वचः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 191.12

Transliteration

udbhavaṃ madhuparkasya ātmasambhavaniścayam || tatas tu mām abravīd brahmā kāraṇaṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ |

Translation

(เขาถามถึง) การอุบัติของมธุปารกะและความแน่ชัดว่าเกิดขึ้นเอง; แล้วพรหมได้กล่าวแก่เราด้วยถ้อยคำอันไพเราะว่าด้วยเหตุปัจจัยของมัน

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Word by Word

• उद्भवम्: origin / arising
• उद्भवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्+भू (धातु) → उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• मधुपर्कस्य: of Madhuparka
• मधुपर्कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• आत्मसम्भव: self-origin / arising from oneself
• आत्मसम्भव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्+सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आत्मनः सम्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग (सम्भव), प्रातिपदिक in compound

• निश्चयम्: certainty / determination
• निश्चयम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (then/thereupon)

• तु: indeed / then
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कारणम्: reason / cause
• कारणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मधुरम्: sweet
• मधुरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of वचः

• वचः: speech / words
• वचः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Explanatory Passages
• Sanskrit Causality Terms
• Ritual History
• Textual Criticism (excerpt-based)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It highlights a characteristic Purāṇic concern: providing a ‘cause’ (kāraṇa) and origin-story for ritual practices, embedding them within a cosmological narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

None.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not prescribe conduct directly; it frames inquiry and explanation as the method for establishing ritual legitimacy.