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Varaha Purana 166.20: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 20

The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa

तस्मिन्काले ह्यहं देवि मथुरायां समागतः ॥ तत्र तिष्ठाम्यहं भद्रे पश्चिमां दिशमाश्रितः ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 166.20

tasminkāle hy ahaṁ devi mathurāyāṁ samāgataḥ || tatra tiṣṭhāmy ahaṁ bhadre paścimāṁ diśam āśritaḥ |

Zu jener Zeit, o Göttin, kam ich nach Mathurā. Dort, o Gütige, verweile ich, indem ich die westliche Richtung zu meiner Wohnstatt nahm.

तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंस, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
कालेtime
काले:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal locus)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic particle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
देविO goddess
देवि:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
मथुरायाम्in Mathurā
मथुरायाम्:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootमथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
समागतःarrived
समागतः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + समागत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त (past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate to अहम्
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
तिष्ठामिI stay/stand
तिष्ठामि:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (repetition for emphasis)
भद्रेO auspicious lady
भद्रे:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
पश्चिमाम्western
पश्चिमाम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of दिशम्
दिशम्direction
दिशम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
आश्रितःhaving resorted to
आश्रितः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-श्रि (धातु) + आश्रित (कृदन्त)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate to अहम्; takes object दिशम्

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
P
Purāṇic Narrative

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Directional markers help correlate textual sacred topography with archaeological and historical reconstructions of Mathurā’s ritual landscape.

Mathurā, with an internal spatial note indicating the western sector (paścimā diś).

The verse is primarily locative rather than prescriptive; it supports place-based remembrance and orderly pilgrimage orientation.

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