Varaha Purana 13.40: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 40

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

Devanagari script

वासवाजैकपादर्क्षे पितॄणां तृप्तिमिच्छताम् । वारुणे चाप्यमावास्या देवानामपि दुर्लभा ॥ १३.४० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 13.40

Transliteration

vāsavājai-kapādarkṣe pitṝṇāṃ tṛptim icchatām | vāruṇe cāpy amāvāsyā devānām api durlabhā || 13.40 ||

Translation

欲求祖灵满足者，当月宿为瓦萨瓦-阿阇-埃迦帕德（Vāsava-Āja-Ekapād）之时尤为灵验。且落于伐楼那（Vāruṇa）宿之新月日，稀有非常，纵使诸天亦难得。

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Word by Word

• vāsava-aja-ekapāda-arkṣe: in (the nakṣatra) Vāsava/Aja/Ekapāda (i.e., those asterisms)
• vāsava-aja-ekapāda-arkṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक) + aja (प्रातिपदिक) + ekapāda (प्रातिपदिक) + arkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—वासव + अज + एकपाद (नक्षत्रनामानि) इति द्वन्द्वः, ततः arkṣe (नक्षत्रे) इति सप्तमी

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• icchatām: of those who desire
• icchatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣ (इष् धातु)
• Form: Present Active Participle (शतृ/कृदन्त), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); (तेषां) इच्छताम्—‘of those desiring’; pitṝṇām/tṛptim-प्राप्त्यर्थं जनानां सूचनम्

• vāruṇe: in Vāruṇa (nakṣatra)
• vāruṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); nakṣatra-name

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चय)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); particle (निपात)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day
• amāvāsyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• devānām: for/of the gods
• devānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); particle (निपात)

• durlabhā: rare/difficult to obtain
• durlabhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-labha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); उपसर्गपूर्वक-समासः—दुर् + लभ (नञ्-न, किन्तु ‘दुर्’ उपसर्ग)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Hindu Ritual Culture
• Sanskrit Textual Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic ritual-calendar tradition that correlates ancestral rites (pitṛ-related observances) with specific nakṣatras and tithis, illustrating how time-reckoning and ritual practice were textually systematized.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; it focuses on calendrical timing (nakṣatra and amāvāsyā) rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined attentiveness to appropriate timing for ancestral remembrance and offerings, framing ethical care for lineage and social continuity through regulated ritual practice.