Varaha Purana 162.41: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 41

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता सम्प्राप्तो मथुरां पुरीम् ॥ ब्राह्मणेभ्यो बहिःस्थाने नित्यं तु वसते द्विजः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.41

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā samprāpto mathurāṁ purīm || brāhmaṇebhyo bahiḥsthāne nityaṁ tu vasate dvijaḥ ||

Translation

Dann, nach langer Zeit, erreichte er die Stadt Mathurā. Der Zweimalgeborene wohnte beständig an einem äußeren Ort, fern von den Brahmanen.

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Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of sequence: 'then/thereafter')

• कालेन: with time / in course of time
• कालेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-करण

• महता: great/long
• महता: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कालेन)

• सम्प्राप्तः: having arrived
• सम्प्राप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मथुराम्: Mathurā
• मथुराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मथुराम् इति विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे (apposition)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: from the brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बहिःस्थाने: in an outside place
• बहिःस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहिः + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (बहिः इति अव्ययपूर्वकः)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• वसते: dwells
• वसते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• द्विजः: the brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; narrative voice)

Tags

• Sacred Geography
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Urban History (Mathurā)
• Ethics of Separation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It portrays Mathurā as a significant urban-sacred node and records a social practice of spatial separation linked to perceived impurity or moral risk.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh) is explicitly identified as the destination city.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse depicts disciplined restraint and separation as part of a corrective or precautionary ethical regimen.