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Varaha Purana 45.2: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 2

Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha

नमो रामाभिरामाय पादौ पूर्वं समर्चयेत् । त्रिविक्रमायेति कटिं धृतविश्वाय चोदरम् ॥ ४५.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 45.2

namo rāmābhirāmāya pādau pūrvaṃ samarcayet | trivikramāyeti kaṭiṃ dhṛtaviśvāya codaram || 45.2 ||

Dapat munang sambahin ang mga paa sa pagpupugay: “Pagpupugay kay Rāma, ang lubhang kaibig-ibig.” Pagkaraan, sambahin ang baywang sa pormulang “kay Trivikrama,” at ang tiyan sa pormulang “sa Tagapagdala ng sansinukob.”

नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन/उक्तिः (Salutation formula)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययप्रयोग (indeclinable interjection); नमस्कारार्थक
रामाभिरामायto Rāmābhirāma (the delight of Rāma)
रामाभिरामाय:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootरामाभिराम (प्रातिपदिक: राम + अभिराम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (रामः इव अभिरामः)
पादौthe two feet
पादौ:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), द्विवचन
पूर्वम्first
पूर्वम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम् (used adverbially); क्रमवाचक (sequence)
समर्चयेत्should worship (properly)
समर्चयेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + अर्च् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should duly worship’
त्रिविक्रमायto Trivikrama
त्रिविक्रमाय:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + विक्रम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (त्रीणि विक्रमाणि यस्य/त्रिभिः विक्रमैः)
इतिthus (saying)
इति:
वाक्यचिह्न (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
कटिम्the waist
कटिम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
धृतविश्वायto the sustainer of the universe
धृतविश्वाय:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootधृतविश्व (प्रातिपदिक: धृत + विश्व)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (येन विश्वं धृतं सः)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
उदरम्the belly/abdomen
उदरम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootउदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Stotra/Mantra Usage
I
IAST Transliteration

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It preserves a Purāṇic-style devotional/ritual register in which divine epithets are associated with specific body-parts, reflecting the broader early-medieval Sanskrit practice of liturgical praise and iconographic mapping used in temple and domestic worship contexts.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and iconographic rather than topographical.

The verse conveys disciplined attentiveness in worship—approaching the subject of veneration in an ordered, respectful sequence—framed as a cultural practice of reverence rather than a coercive mandate.

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