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Varaha Purana 154.7: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 7

The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites

Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas

सद्यः प्राणैर्वियुक्ता च तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः ॥ काशीराजपतेः कन्या यातास्मि वसुधाधिप

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 154.7

sadyaḥ prāṇairviyuktā ca tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ || kāśīrājapateḥ kanyā yātāsmi vasudhādhipa

Sogleich wurde ich vom Lebenshauch getrennt; doch durch die Macht jenes Tīrtha, o Herr der Erde, wurde ich (bekannt als) die Tochter des Königs von Kāśī.

सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
प्राणैःby (my) life-breaths
प्राणैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन
वियुक्ताseparated (from)
वियुक्ता:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + युज् (धातु) → वियुक्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि/विषय-विशेषण (agreeing with implied ‘अहम्’)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
तत्-तीर्थस्यof that sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तत्-तीर्थस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘तीर्थ’; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
प्रभावतःdue to the power (of it)
प्रभावतः:
Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभावार्थ (ablatival adverb); पञ्चमी विभक्ति-एकवचन रूपेण ‘कारण/हेतु’ अर्थे (because of, due to)
काशी-राज-पतेःof the lord (king) of Kāśī
काशी-राज-पतेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (काश्याः राजः) + तत्पुरुष (राज्ञः पति); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
कन्या(I am) the daughter
कन्या:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन
याताgone / departed
याता:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) → यात (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अस्मि’ इत्यनेन सह परिप्रयोगे (periphrastic perfect sense)
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् लकार (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन
वसुधा-अधिपO lord of the earth
वसुधा-अधिप:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Pīvarī

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
S
Sacred Topography
K
Kāśī Traditions

FAQs

It exemplifies the Purāṇic idea of tīrtha-prabhāva, where place is presented as a transformative agent in narrative memory and identity.

Kāśī (commonly identified with Varanasi/Banaras) and an unnamed tīrtha connected to the episode.

A philosophical instruction about the moral-ritual weight attributed to places (tīrthas) and the consequences associated with actions near them.

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