Varaha Purana 153.4: Adhyaya 153, Shloka 4
The Glory of the Mathurā Sacred Landscape: Saṃyamana Tīrtha and the Twelve Sacred Forests
Uttara Bhāga · Mathurā–Tīrtha Māhātmya (Sacred Geography of Mathurā Region)
तत्र स्नातो मृतो वापि मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥
tatra snāto mṛto vāpi mama lokaṁ sa gacchati || punar anyat pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||
tatra snAto mRRito vApi mama lokaM sa gachChati|| punaranyatpravakShyAmi tachChRRiNuShva vasundhare
Wer dort badet — selbst wenn er dort auch stirbt — gelangt in meine Welt. Wieder will ich noch Weiteres darlegen; höre dies, o Vasundharā (Erde).
Sandhi Notes
- वापि = वा + अपि
- तच्छृणुष्व = तत् + शृणुष्व (तत् before श becomes तच् by sandhi)
Varāha
Attentive
Place, act, and final condition (antya-kāla) are integrated: tīrtha-snāna plus death there is framed as a direct passage to Bhagavān’s loka.
Cultivate remembrance and purity during pilgrimage; treat tīrtha-visit as preparation for right orientation at life’s end.
Varāha continues instructing Vasundharā, emphasizing the tīrtha’s power even at death and inviting her to listen further.
One who bathes at Saṁyamana and even dies there attains Varāha’s world; the speaker proceeds to further instruction.
Following: assured Bhagavat-loka gati even in death at the tīrtha; violation not stated.
Varāha Purāṇa 153.3 (snāna leads to ‘my world’); Varāha Purāṇa 153.5ff (upcoming illustrative ‘ancient event’ narrative)
FAQs
It explicitly marks the dialogic frame (Varāha addressing Earth), indicating a didactic narrative structure typical of Purāṇic chapters.
The same Mathurā-region tīrtha context continues; the verse points to the site where bathing is performed (contextually Saṁyamana).
An instruction in attentive listening and transmission of knowledge, alongside the cultural practice of recognizing tīrthas as meaningful heritage places.
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