Varaha Purana 41.4: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 4

Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying

Devanagari script

ॐ वाराहायेति पादौ तु माधवायेति वै कटिम् । क्षेत्रज्ञायेति जठरं विश्वरूपेत्युरो हरेः ॥ ४१.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 41.4

Transliteration

oṁ vārāhāyeti pādau tu mādhavāyeti vai kaṭim | kṣetrajñāyeti jaṭharaṁ viśvarūpety uro hareḥ || 41.4 ||

Translation

กล่าวว่า ‘โอม วาราหายะ’ แล้วกำหนดที่พระบาท; ‘มาธวายะ’ ที่บั้นเอว; ‘กษेत्रชญายะ’ ที่ท้อง; และ ‘วิศวรูปะ’ ที่พระอุระของพระหริ

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Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṁ
• ॐ: Mantra-marker (मन्त्रसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रणव (sacred syllable)

• वाराहाय: to/for Vārāha
• वाराहाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative—address/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus (saying)
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karma (कर्म/Object—touched/assigned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तु: and/then
• तु: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विशेष (particle)

• माधवाय: to/for Mādhava
• माधवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative—address/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक (emphatic particle)

• कटिम्: the waist
• कटिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object—touched/assigned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षेत्रज्ञाय: to/for Kṣetrajña
• क्षेत्रज्ञाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative—address/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• जठरम्: the belly
• जठरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object—touched/assigned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विश्वरूपाय: to/for Viśvarūpa (universal-formed)
• विश्वरूपाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative—address/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (विश्वं रूपं यस्य/विश्वं रूपम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• उरः: the chest
• उरः: Karma (कर्म/Object—touched/assigned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mantra-Śāstra

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic witness to mantra-ritual technique (aṅga-nyāsa), where divine epithets are systematically associated with body parts—useful for tracing the diffusion of Vaiṣṇava ritual vocabulary and embodied recitation practices.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ritual-physiological (body-part assignment) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined, mindful practice—structuring recitation with bodily awareness—presented as a method of internalization rather than a prescriptive social ethic.