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Varaha Purana 39.59: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 59

Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance

अनेन विधिना यस्तु धरणीव्रतकृन्नरः । तस्य पुण्यफलं चाग्र्यं शृणु बुद्धिमतां वर ॥ ३९.५९ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 39.59

anena vidhinā yastu dharaṇī-vrata-kṛn naraḥ | tasya puṇya-phalaṃ cāgryaṃ śṛṇu buddhimatāṃ vara || 39.59 ||

Ngunit ang sinumang magsagawa ng Dharaṇī-vrata ayon sa pamamaraang ito—makinig, O pinakamainam sa mga marurunong—sa dakilang bungang-pala na matatamo niya.

अनेनby this
अनेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular: ‘by this’)
विधिनाby the rule/procedure
विधिना:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (emphatic/contrastive particle)
धरणी-व्रत-कृत्performer of the Dharaṇī-vrata
धरणी-व्रत-कृत्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; agent-noun from कृ)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (धरण्याः व्रतम्; तत् करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; नरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्/समानााधिकरणम्
नरःman
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)
पुण्य-फलम्the fruit of merit
पुण्य-फलम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (‘पुण्यस्य फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)
and
:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक
अग्र्यम्excellent, supreme
अग्र्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुण्यफलम् इति विशेषणम् (excellent/supreme)
शृणुhear
शृणु:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (hear!)
बुद्धिमताम्of the wise
बुद्धिमताम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)
वरO best one
वर:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Dharma-śāstra Interface
E
Ecological Ethics

FAQs

It functions as a transitional phalaśruti-style statement typical of Purāṇic composition, introducing the promised outcomes of a specific observance (Dharaṇī-vrata) and reflecting the text’s didactic framing of ethical-ritual practice.

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it refers broadly to Dharaṇī (Earth) as the conceptual focus of the vow rather than a pilgrimage site.

The verse emphasizes disciplined adherence to a stated method (vidhi) and frames the observance as yielding commendable merit, encouraging conscientious practice oriented toward Dharaṇī (Earth) within the work’s broader Earth-restoration thematic.

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