Varaha Purana 147.43: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 43
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
Uttara Bhāga · Kṣetra-māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Pilgrimage Merit)
यज्ञकोटिफलं भुक्त्वा मम कोटिं प्रपद्यते ॥ अस्ति विष्णुसरो नाम तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परं मम ॥
yajñakoṭiphalaṃ bhuktvā mama koṭiṃ prapadyate || asti viṣṇusaro nāma tasmin kṣetre paraṃ mama ||
yaj~nakoTiphalaM bhuktvA mama koTiM prapadyate || asti viShNusaro nAma tasmin kShetre paraM mama
इतने यज्ञ का फल मिलने के बाद वो मेरे पास आता है। उस क्षेत्र में विष्णुसर नाम का एक स्थान है जो मुझसे जुड़ा है।
Sandhi Notes
- तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे = तस्मिन् + क्षेत्रे
- yajñakoṭiphalaṃ is a compound (no external sandhi)
Varāha
Attentive, receptive to tīrtha-māhātmya instruction
Which sacred place grants the fruit of innumerable yajñas and leads to the Lord’s highest state?
Sacred space, when approached with faith, can concentrate the fruits of vast ritual action and redirect them toward the Lord’s supreme abode.
Undertake tīrtha-yātrā with devotion and restraint, treating the site as Viṣṇu’s presence; prioritize inner surrender over mere ritual tallying.
Varāha speaks as the presiding Lord of the kṣetra, declaring his supreme association with the site and its salvific fruit.
The tīrtha is presented as a condensed yajña-field: pilgrimage/śraddhā substitutes for external sacrifice, implying Viṣṇu (Varāha) as the inner recipient and telos of all yajñas.
Yajña-koṭi-phala → tīrtha-sevā as yajña; ‘mama koṭiṃ prapadyate’ → entry into the Lord’s own supreme station as the ‘yajña-puruṣa’ goal.
Karma is transmuted into mokṣa-oriented bhakti: merit culminates not merely in svarga but in ‘mama’ state—proximity/sāyujya-like honoring in Viṣṇu’s realm.
Implicit Vaiṣṇava kṣetra-holiness; foreshadows Vraja/Mathurā as Viṣṇu’s own domain, later fully expressed through Kṛṣṇa-līlā geography.
Varāha Purāṇa Mathurā-māhātmya passages praising saras/tīrthas and their yajña-equivalent fruits
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇas legitimize sacred hydroscapes (lakes/ponds) as centers of ritual economy and memory, linking them to overarching theological identities.
Viṣṇusara is named as a sacred water-site within the described kṣetra; exact modern correlation requires additional textual witnesses and regional tradition.
It frames pilgrimage and sacred-site engagement as a means of moral-spiritual refinement, expressed through the idiom of accumulated merit.
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