Varaha Purana 211.19: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 19

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

विषुवेषु च योगेषु शुचिर्दत्त्वा पयो नरः ॥ तस्य जन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 211.19

Transliteration

viṣuveṣu ca yogeṣu śucir dattvā payo naraḥ || tasya janmakṛtaṁ pāpaṁ tatkṣaṇād eva naśyati ||

Translation

ในวันวิษุวะ (จุดเปลี่ยนแห่งวิษุวัต/อายัน) และในวันโยคะอันเป็นมงคล บุคคลผู้บริสุทธิ์เมื่อถวายทานเป็นน้ำนม บาปที่สั่งสมมาตั้งแต่เกิดย่อมสิ้นไปในขณะนั้นเอง

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• विषुवेषु: at the equinoxes/solstices (viṣuva days)
• विषुवेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Loc.), बहुवचन (pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• योगेषु: on auspicious conjunctions (yogas)
• योगेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Loc.), बहुवचन (pl.)

• शुचिः: pure (in body/mind)
• शुचिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom.), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having given’

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc.), एकवचन (sg.)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom.), एकवचन (sg.)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen.), एकवचन (sg.)

• जन्मकृतम्: done from birth / birth-acquired
• जन्मकृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्मकृत (प्रातिपदिक: जन्म + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc.), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc.), एकवचन (sg.)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक: तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Abl.), एकवचन (sg.)

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नश्यति: is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Astronomical Calendar (Pañcāṅga)
• Donative Rites (Dāna)
• Karma and Expiation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It evidences the integration of pañcāṅga-style calendrics (yoga, viṣuva) into Purāṇic ethical-ritual programs, linking time-reckoning with merit-making.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified; the organizing principle is astronomical time.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Purity and generosity timed to communal calendrical markers are presented as practices of ethical purification.