Varaha Purana 149.27: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 27
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Prabhāsa / Sāgara-tīra)
फलं न लभते कश्चिन्मुक्त्वा भागवतं नरम् ॥ लभन्ते ये फलं तत्र मुक्ताः पापेन कर्मणा ॥
phalaṃ na labhate kaścin muktvā bhāgavataṃ naram || labhante ye phalaṃ tatra muktāḥ pāpena karmaṇā ||
phalaM na labhate kashchinmuktvA bhAgavataM naram || labhante ye phalaM tatra muktAH pApena karmaNA
पर सच बताओ तो वहाँ कोई असली फल नहीं पता, जब तक भगवान के भक्त न हो। जो लोग फल पाते हैं, वो पाप से आज़ाद हो जाते हैं।
Sandhi Notes
- कश्चिन्मुक्त्वा = कश्चित् + मुक्त्वा
- प्राणान्क्षेत्रे इव—अनुस्वार/नकार-सन्धि: फलम्/कश्चित् इत्यादि
Varāha
Curious, morally awakened
What is the real 'fruit' of the place, and who alone attains it?
Spiritual results depend on inner disposition; bhāgavata-bhakti is the key that converts place-merit into liberation from sin.
Cultivate devotion (śraddhā, nāma-smaraṇa, sevā) alongside pilgrimage; avoid transactional religiosity.
Varāha defines 'true fruit' as bhāgavata-devotion, steering Bhūdevī from material to spiritual valuation.
Only a bhāgavata (devoted Vaiṣṇava) gains the true fruit; those who gain it are freed from sinful karma.
Bhakti-linked tīrtha-phala results in pāpa-kṣaya and liberation from sin’s binding effects; mere material seeking is ineffective.
Varāha Purāṇa 149.28 (gain-seeking visitors); Varāha Purāṇa 149.31 (discipline: fivefold devotion and bathing)
FAQs
It reflects sectarian vocabulary (bhāgavata) embedded within broader tīrtha discourse, useful for mapping Vaiṣṇava self-definition in Purāṇic transmission.
The same tīrtha setting in Adhyāya 149 (Prabhāsa coastal sacred geography), where “fruit” (phala) is discussed as a result of practice.
The verse prioritizes inner orientation (devotion/discipline) over mere physical attendance, and frames pilgrimage as linked to moral purification.
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