Varaha Purana 6.29: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 29

The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin

Devanagari script

अभुक्तो द्वादशीधर्मे यत् तत्रापि च कारणम् । कथयामि भवत्पत्नी नाम्ना नारायणी शुभा ॥ ६.२९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 6.29

Transliteration

abhukto dvādaśī-dharme yat tatrāpi ca kāraṇam | kathayāmi bhavatpatnī nāmnā nārāyaṇī śubhā || 6.29 ||

Translation

ส่วนเหตุที่เขายังมิได้เสวยอาหาร ทั้งที่ถือธรรมแห่งว्रตวันทวาทศี—ข้าพเจ้าจะกล่าวเหตุให้นั้นทราบ เรื่องเกี่ยวกับพระมเหสีผู้เป็นสิริมงคลของท่าน นามว่า ‘นารายณี’

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Word by Word

• अभुक्तः: not having eaten / unfed
• अभुक्तः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + bhukta (√bhuj धातु, कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त) with नञ्-प्रत्यय (negation), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'not eaten/without eating' (predicate)

• द्वादशी-धर्मे: in the Dvādaśī vow/observance
• द्वादशी-धर्मे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः 'in the Dvādaśī observance'

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlates with कारणम्

• तत्र: there/in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place/context)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• कारणम्: the reason/cause
• कारणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'cause/reason' (object of कथयामि)

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवत्-पत्नी: your wife
• भवत्-पत्नी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) 'your wife'

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (करण/Specification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental of specification 'by name'

• नारायणी: Nārāyaṇī
• नारायणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name/apposition to भवत्पत्नी

• शुभा: auspicious/virtuous
• शुभा: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifies नारायणी/पत्नी

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic method of embedding ritual disciplines (such as Dvādaśī observance) within narrative causality, using named figures to anchor practice in story-based transmission.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily explanatory, introducing a person (Nārāyaṇī) as the causal context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames fasting/abstention within disciplined observance (dharma) and emphasizes that such practices are to be understood through stated reasons (kāraṇa), not merely performed mechanically.