Varaha Purana 39.36: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 36
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra (Earth-restoration) and Purificatory Rites
त्वयि सर्वे रसाः नित्याः स्थिताः वरुण सर्वदा । तेनैमां मृत्तिकां प्लाव्य पूतां कुरु ममाचिरम् ॥ ३९.३६ ॥
tvayi sarve rasā nityāḥ sthitā varuṇa sarvadā | tenemāṁ mṛttikāṁ plāvya pūtāṁ kuru mamāciram || 39.36 ||
tvayi sarve rasA nityAH sthitA varuNa sarvadA | tenemAM mRRittikAM plAvya pUtAM kuru mamAchiram || 39.36 ||
O Varuṇa, sa iyo nananahan magpakailanman ang lahat ng mga katas (tubig/likido) sa lahat ng panahon. Kaya, sa pamamagitan ng pagbaha sa lupang/luwad na ito, linisin mo ito para sa akin nang walang pagkaantala.
Sandhi Notes
- तेन + इमाम् → तेनैमाम् (IAST: tenemāṁ)
- मम + अचिरम् → ममाचिरम्
- रसाः नित्याः स्थिताः—no sandhi applied in text (visarga before n often becomes r, but here written separately)
Varāha
Purification is cooperation with the cosmos: water (Varuṇa) carries life-essence and restores purity to earth-substance used in rites.
Treat water as sacred and life-bearing; use it mindfully in purification, avoiding waste and pollution while performing śauca.
Varuṇa embodies the cosmic waters/essences (rasa) that pervade life; purification occurs by reuniting earth (mṛttikā) with water (āpas), restoring elemental harmony—an implicit pañcabhūta-śuddhi logic.
Water as consecrator parallels yajña where āpas cleanse and empower; ‘all rasas in Varuṇa’ frames water as the carrier of sacrificial potency that makes earth fit for rite.
Elemental interdependence: form (earth) is purified by the universal fluid principle (water), hinting that all embodied states are conditioned and can be refined by aligning with cosmic order (dharma/ṛta).
Invoke Varuṇa as the repository of all ‘rasas’ (waters/essences) and purify the clay by wetting/flooding it, requesting swift purification.
Consecrated water-application purifies the ritual substance and supports expiation; omission leaves the substance/act ritually incomplete.
Varāha Purāṇa 39.39.34-35 (earth-clay mantra; tīrtha-touch rationale)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom in which Varuṇa, associated with waters and cosmic order, is invoked as the locus of purifying essences; this supports the text’s broader concern with restoring and ritually re-sanctifying the Earth.
No specific toponym or pilgrimage geography is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (Varuṇa/waters) and material (mṛttikā, ‘earth/clay’).
A philosophical instruction emphasizing purification and restoration: the Earth (mṛttikā) should be cleansed through life-sustaining waters, aligning environmental renewal with ritual order.
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