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Varaha Purana 39.38: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 38

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

ततस्तत्र नरः सम्यक् चक्रवर्त्युपचारतः । स्नात्वा चावश्यकं कृत्वा पुनर्देवगृहं व्रजेत् ॥ ३९.३८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 39.38

tatastatra naraḥ samyak cakravartyupacārataḥ | snātvā cāvaśyakaṁ kṛtvā punardevagṛhaṁ vrajet || 39.38 ||

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ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)
नरःa man/person
नरः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
चक्रवर्ति-उपचारतःaccording to royal (cakravartin) procedure
चक्रवर्ति-उपचारतः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचक्रवर्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘चक्रवर्तिनः उपचारः’ (treatment befitting a cakravartin); तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘according to/from’)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formत्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
आवश्यकम्the necessary duty
आवश्यकम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootआवश्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘आवश्यककर्म’ इत्यर्थे (necessary act)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formत्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done’
पुनःagain/back
पुनः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again/back)
देव-गृहम्temple (house of the deity)
देव-गृहम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object; goal)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘देवानां गृहं’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
व्रजेत्should go
व्रजेत्:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
T
Tīrtha Traditions

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic template for tīrtha etiquette: bathing, completing obligatory duties (āvaśyaka), and returning to the deity’s shrine—useful for reconstructing ritual sequences and pilgrimage norms in medieval Sanskrit literature.

No specific place-name is stated within this single verse; however, the chapter’s section-label (commonly transmitted as Prayāga Māhātmya in many recensions) situates the instruction within a sacred-geography/pilgrimage framework.

The verse emphasizes disciplined conduct: performing duties correctly (samyak), completing necessary obligations (āvaśyaka), and approaching heritage-sacred spaces (devagṛha) with formal respect (upacāra).

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