Varaha Purana 157.19: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 19

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā-Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

Devanagari script

तत्र गोपीश्वरो नाम महापातकनाशनः ॥ कृष्णस्य रमणार्थं हि सहस्राणि च षोडश ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 157.19

Transliteration

tatra gopīśvaro nāma mahāpātaka-nāśanaḥ || kṛṣṇasya ramaṇārthaṃ hi sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa |

Translation

वहाँ गोपीश्वर नाम का मंदिर है। यह बड़े पाप खत्म करता है। कृष्ण के लिए सोलह हज़ार रूप थे।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• गोपीश्वरः: Lord of the gopīs
• गोपीश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोपीणाम् ईश्वरः)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle used as ‘named/called’)

• महापातकनाशनः: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महापातकस्य नाशनः)

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• रमणार्थम्: for the purpose of sport/pleasure
• रमणार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (रमणाय अर्थः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: None (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/indeed)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: None (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षोडश (संख्या/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (संख्यावाचक/number; used adverbially with count)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇava Traditions
• Mythic Geography
• Heritage Sites

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named shrine (Gopīśvara) with a well-known Kṛṣṇa narrative motif, showing how mythic episodes are anchored to specific places in Purāṇic mapping.

Which geographic location is identified?

A site or shrine called Gopīśvara is indicated; exact modern correlation requires regional tradition and comparative source analysis.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames the site as morally transformative (‘remover of great transgressions’), encouraging penitential or reformative pilgrimage rather than coercive doctrine.