Varaha Purana 5.44: Adhyaya 5, Shloka 44

Reconciliation of Action and Knowledge: Offering All Acts to Nārāyaṇa and the Hymn to the Yajña-Puruṣa

Devanagari script

नैमिषाख्यं वरारोहे तत्र यज्ञतनुं गुरुम् । तपसाराधयामास यज्ञमूर्तिं स्तवेन् च ॥ ५.४४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 5.44

Transliteration

naimiṣākhyaṃ varārohe tatra yajñatanuṃ gurum | tapasārādhayāmāsa yajñamūrtiṃ stavena ca || 5.44 ||

Translation

โอ้สตรีผู้มีสะโพกงาม ณ สถานที่ชื่อไนมิษะ เขาได้บำเพ็ญตบะและสรรเสริญเพื่อบูชาพระอาจารย์ผู้มีกายเป็นยัญญะ ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งยัญญะนั้น

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Word by Word

• नैमिष-आख्यम्: named Naimiṣa
• नैमिष-आख्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैमिष (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नैमिष इति आख्या यस्य तत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गुरुम्/यज्ञतनुम्)

• वरारोहे: O fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरा आरोहा इव); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• यज्ञ-तनुम्: the embodiment of sacrifice
• यज्ञ-तनुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: यज्ञस्य तनुः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गुरुम्: the venerable one / teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण/उपाधि

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) परिप्रयोग/परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (periphrastic perfect sense: he worshipped)

• यज्ञ-मूर्तिम्: the form of sacrifice
• यज्ञ-मूर्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: यज्ञस्य मूर्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्तवेन: with a hymn
• स्तवेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic literary pattern in which renowned sacred sites (tīrthas/āraṇyas) are linked with ascetic practice and ritual ideology, presenting Naimiṣa as a culturally important locus for tapas and liturgical praise.

Which geographic location is identified?

Naimiṣa (often identified with Naimiṣāraṇya in later Sanskrit tradition), commonly associated in scholarship with a forest-sacred region in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India (around the Nimsar area).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined practice (tapas) and respectful speech (stava, praise) as complementary modes of approach to a teacher/ideal, emphasizing reverence, self-regulation, and intentionality rather than coercive obligation.