Varaha Purana 97.36: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 36

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

Devanagari script

ये पुरस्कृत्य देवास्त्वां पूज्यं यद्विधिनान्विताः ॥ शास्त्राणि तानि सर्वेषां कथयिष्यामि नान्यथा

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 97.36

Transliteration

ye puraskṛtya devās tvāṃ pūjyaṃ yadvidhinānvitāḥ || śāstrāṇi tāni sarveṣāṃ kathayiṣyāmi nānyathā

Translation

เหล่าเทพทั้งหลายที่ยกย่องพระองค์ไว้เบื้องหน้า นอบน้อมพระองค์ว่าเป็นผู้ควรบูชา และประกอบพร้อมด้วยระเบียบพิธีอันถูกต้อง—บรรดาบทบัญญัติแห่งศาสตราเหล่านั้นสำหรับทุกหมู่ ข้าพเจ้าจักกล่าวแสดงตามนั้น มิใช่อย่างอื่น

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Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• puraskṛtya: having put (you) in front; honoring first
• puraskṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) with puras (उपसर्ग/उपपद)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having placed in front/having set foremost’

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Accusative, Singular

• pūjyam: worthy of worship
• pūjyam: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjya (कृदन्त)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्), Masculine, Accusative, Singular agreeing with tvām; ‘fit to be worshipped’

• yat-vidhinā-anvitāḥ: endowed with the proper rite/procedure
• yat-vidhinā-anvitāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad + vidhi + anvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; तत्पुरुष: येन विधिना अन्विताः = endowed with that procedure/rite

• śāstrāṇi: scriptural rules/treatises
• śāstrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण/अन्वय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun; Neuter, Accusative, Plural; refers to śāstrāṇi

• sarveṣām: to/for all (of them)
• sarveṣām: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• kathayiṣyāmi: I will tell/narrate
• kathayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (णिजन्त from kath/√kath) (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Singular; causative stem ‘to narrate/tell’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tags

• Śāstra Authority Claims
• Ritual Procedure (vidhi)
• Purāṇic Pedagogy
• Divine Councils

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic texts claim procedural authority by presenting rules as systematically teachable ‘śāstra,’ often voiced by a high-status speaker like Brahmā.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is on procedural legitimacy (vidhi) and transmission (kathayiṣyāmi).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It stresses correct procedure and responsible teaching: practices should be transmitted with clarity and consistency (‘not otherwise’).