Varaha Purana 152.12: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 12

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

Devanagari script

तत्र वासी नरो याति मोक्षं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ महामाघ्यां प्रयागे तु यत्फलं लभते नरः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 152.12

Transliteration

tatra vāsī naro yāti mokṣaṃ nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ || mahāmāghyāṃ prayāge tu yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ

Translation

Wer dort weilt, erlangt Befreiung (mokṣa) — daran besteht kein Zweifel. Und welchen Lohn auch immer ein Mensch in Prayāga während der großen Māgha-Observanz erlangt—

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वासी: resident, dweller
• वासी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस् (धातु) + इन् (प्रत्यय) → वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-नाम (agent noun): वसति इति

• नरः: man, person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to वासी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महामाघ्याम्: in the great Māgha (holy period)
• महामाघ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-माघ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: महती माघ्या (great Māgha-festival/holy Māgha period)

• प्रयागे: at Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit/result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; of लभते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: यस्य फलम् (the fruit which/that fruit)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of लभते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary strategy: comparing the merit (phala) of multiple pilgrimage centers to elevate a particular locale within a wider network of sacred sites.

Which geographic location is identified?

Prayāga (often identified with the confluence region at modern Prayagraj/Allahabad) and implicitly Mathurā as the primary referent of 'there'.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes disciplined residence/association with a culturally valued place as a means of moral-spiritual cultivation, expressed in the idiom of mokṣa and phala.