Varaha Purana 149.46: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 46
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
Uttara Bhāga (probable) · Tīrtha-Māhātmya / Vision and Purity
शुद्धाः पश्यन्ति मनुजाः पापकर्मा न पश्यति ॥ चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्यां मध्याह्ने च दिवाकरे ॥
śuddhāḥ paśyanti manujāḥ pāpakarmā na paśyati || caturviṃśatidvādaśyāṃ madhyāhne ca divākare ||
shuddhAH pashyanti manujAH pApakarmA na pashyati || chaturviMshatidvAdashyAM madhyAhne cha divAkare
जिनके दिल साफ हैं वो इस जगह को देख सकते हैं। पाप करने वाले लोग इसको नहीं देख पाते। यह चौबीस और बारह की तिथि को दिखता है, जब दोपहर में सूरज खड़ा होता है।
Sandhi Notes
- चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्यां is treated as a compound/specific calendrical expression
Varāha
Curious, attentive to ritual timing and moral qualification
Why do only the pure perceive the sacred sight, and when exactly (tithi/time) does it become visible?
Sin is not only a legal fault but a cognitive obscuration; purity grants access to sacred experience.
Before pilgrimage-darśana, undertake self-purification (truthfulness, restraint, confession/prāyaścitta as needed) and observe the correct tithi and midday timing.
Varāha teaches Bhūmi the moral-ritual condition for perceiving a sacred phenomenon tied to specific tithis and midday.
Darśana depends on inner sattva: the ‘seen’ is as much a function of consciousness as of place/time; midday sun symbolizes clarity (prakāśa) that mirrors moral clarity.
Madhyāhna as a ritual hinge (like savana-time) where visibility/efficacy peaks; purity as the ‘consecration’ enabling contact with the sacred.
Adhikāra (qualification) doctrine: perception of higher reality requires śuddhi; pāpa acts as āvaraṇa (veil) over cognition.
Only the śuddha (morally pure) can perceive the sacred sight; the sinful cannot—especially on the 24th and 12th lunar days and at midday.
Purity enables darśana and its merit; sinful conduct blocks perception (darśana-abhāva) and thus the associated tīrtha-phala.
Dvādaśī tithi (month not specified); also caturviṃśati tithi; midday (madhyāhna)
Eligibility for sacred perception (darśana) and consequent merit/siddhi implied by the tīrtha narrative.
Varāha Purāṇa 149 (sequence on tīrtha sights, swans, and siddhi)
FAQs
It links ritual time (specific tithis and midday) with eligibility for sacred perception, illustrating how Purāṇic traditions encode calendrical practice into narrative.
No new terrestrial toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a rule about perception at a previously described tīrtha.
Moral purification is presented as a prerequisite for insight—ethical conduct conditions what one is able to perceive.
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