Varaha Purana 63.11: Adhyaya 63, Shloka 11

Procedure for the Son-Obtaining Vow

Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance

Devanagari script

एवं कृष्णाष्टमी राजन् मया ते परिकीर्तिता । संवत्सरान्ते दातव्यं कृष्णयुग्मं द्विजातये ॥ ६३.११ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 63.11

Transliteration

evaṁ kṛṣṇāṣṭamī rājan mayā te parikīrtitā | saṁvatsarānte dātavyaṁ kṛṣṇayugmaṁ dvijātaye || 63.11 ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ข้าพเจ้าได้พรรณนาวรตะกฤษณาษฏมีแก่ท่านแล้ว เมื่อสิ้นปีพึงถวาย “ของเป็นคู่” อันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับพระกฤษณะ แก่ผู้เป็นทวิชะ

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• kṛṣṇāṣṭamī: the Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī (8th lunar day of dark fortnight)
• kṛṣṇāṣṭamī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृष्णपक्षस्य अष्टमी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; (also possible षष्ठी in form, here dative ‘to you’)

• parikīrtitā: has been described
• parikīrtitā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with 'kṛṣṇāṣṭamī'

• saṁvatsarānte: at the end of the year
• saṁvatsarānte: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁvatsara + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संवत्सरस्य अन्ते); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• dātavyam: is to be given
• dātavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; विधेय (predicate) — ‘should be given’

• kṛṣṇayugmam: a pair of black (items)
• kṛṣṇayugmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + yugma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृष्णं युग्मं); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dvijātaye: to a twice-born (Brahmin)
• dvijātaye: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharmaśāstra-Adjacent

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic pattern of codifying calendrical observances (vrata) together with prescribed forms of gifting (dāna), indicating how ritual timekeeping and social ethics (patronage to learned recipients) were integrated in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is calendrical (Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī) and prescriptive (end-of-year dāna) rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames a normative instruction to conclude the annual observance with an act of giving (dāna) to a qualified recipient (dvijāti), emphasizing generosity and ritual completion as ethical practice.