Varaha Purana 154.7: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 7
The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites
Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Sacred Geography Narratives)
सद्यः प्राणैर्वियुक्ता च तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः ॥ काशीराजपतेः कन्या यातास्मि वसुधाधिप
sadyaḥ prāṇairviyuktā ca tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ || kāśīrājapateḥ kanyā yātāsmi vasudhādhipa
sadyaH prANairviyuktA cha tattIrthasya prabhAvataH || kAshIrAjapateH kanyA yAtAsmi vasudhAdhipa
मैं तुरंत मर गयी थी। लेकिन उस तीर्थ की ताकत से मैं ज़िन्दा हो गयी। मैं काशी के राजा की बेटी बन गयी। यह सब दुनिया के मालिक की कृपा थी।
Sandhi Notes
- प्राणैर्वियुक्ता = प्राणैः वियुक्ता
- तत्तीर्थस्य = तत् + तीर्थस्य
- यातास्मि = याता अस्मि
Pīvarī
How tīrtha-prabhāva overrides death: she died instantly yet, by the tīrtha’s power, attained a transformed identity/status connected to Kāśī’s lord.
Sacred places function as catalysts that redirect karmic trajectories; ‘death’ becomes a narrative threshold rather than an end.
Approach tīrthas with śraddhā and ethical living; understand spiritual practice as capable of reorienting one’s life-course and identity.
Indirect: Yamunā tīrtha-prabhāva is a hallmark of Vraja sacred geography later associated with Kṛṣṇa, though not stated here.
Varāha Purāṇa 154.6 (fall into Yamunā); Varāha Purāṇa 154 (continuing account of Pīvarī’s status/lineage)
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic idea of tīrtha-prabhāva, where place is presented as a transformative agent in narrative memory and identity.
Kāśī (commonly identified with Varanasi/Banaras) and an unnamed tīrtha connected to the episode.
A philosophical instruction about the moral-ritual weight attributed to places (tīrthas) and the consequences associated with actions near them.
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