Varaha Purana 46.2: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 2

The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation

Pūrva Bhāga · Vaiṣṇava Dhāraṇā-nyāsa (Iconographic Body-Mapping of the Vyūhas)

Devanagari script

वासुदेवाय पादौ तु कटिं संकर्षणाय च । प्रद्युम्नायेति जठरं अनिरुद्धाय वै उरः ॥ ४६.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 46.2

Transliteration

vāsudevāya pādau tu kaṭiṃ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca | pradyumnāyeti jaṭharaṃ aniruddhāya vai uraḥ || 46.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

“(Iukol/ialay) ang dalawang paa kay Vāsudeva; ang baywang kay Saṃkarṣaṇa; ang tiyan, na binibigkas na ‘kay Pradyumna’; at ang dibdib naman kay Aniruddha.”

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Word by Word

• vāsudevāya: to Vāsudeva
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)

• pādau: (the two) feet
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: and/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/विरोध (particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• kaṭim: waist
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṃkarṣaṇāya: to Saṃkarṣaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: saṃkarṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• pradyumnāya: to Pradyumna
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: pradyumna (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus (saying)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, इति-उक्त्यर्थ (quotative particle)
• Role: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• jaṭharam: belly
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: jaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक)

• aniruddhāya: to Aniruddha
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: aniruddha (प्रातिपदिक)

• vai: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थ (particle: indeed)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• uraḥ: chest
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: uras (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• प्रद्युम्नायेति → pradyumnāya iti

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasaSetting: Inner/ritualized anatomy

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of embodiment

Subjects

Ritual PracticeVaishnava TheologyIconography

Core idea

The supreme is approached through structured manifestation (vyūha) and internalization (nyāsa), uniting external pūjā with inner presence.

In practice

During worship, consciously place attention on each limb while reciting the corresponding name; use it as a concentration ladder from gross body to subtle devotion.

Symbolism of the boar

Dharma

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Puranic Ritual
• Mantra-Nyāsa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic ritual-technical register in which theological concepts (the four Vyūhas) are integrated into embodied practice (nyāsa), illustrating how Vaiṣṇava doctrine circulated through liturgy and recitation.

Which geographic location is identified?

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

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys a disciplined contemplative-ritual instruction—systematic attention and intentionality in practice—rather than an explicit social-ethical rule.