Varaha Purana 158.12: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 12
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
Uttara Bhāga · Mathurā Māhātmya (Merit, Decline, and Rebirth Among the Virtuous)
तं स्पृहन्ति सदा देवि पुण्यमस्ति कृतं भुवि ॥ यदि कालान्तरे पुण्यं हीयतेऽस्य पुरा कृतम् ॥
taṃ spṛhanti sadā devi puṇyamasti kṛtaṃ bhuvi || yadi kālāntare puṇyaṃ hīyate 'sya purā kṛtam ||
taM spRRihanti sadA devi puNyamasti kRRitaM bhuvi || yadi kAlAntare puNyaM hIyate.asya purA kRRitam
देवी, वो लोग हमेशा उस जगह को चाहते हैं। क्योंकि पुण्य धरती पर कमाया जाता है। अगर वक्त के साथ पुराना पुण्य कम होने लगे।
Sandhi Notes
- पुण्यमस्ति = पुण्यम् + अस्ति
- हीयतेऽस्य = हीयते + अस्य
Varāha
Attentive, reflective
Enjoyed heavens are finite because puṇya is finite; time (kāla) brings depletion of accumulated merit.
Do not cling to svarga as final; invest in enduring aims—devotion, knowledge, and steady dharma—while acting in the human realm.
Addressing Devī (Earth) directly as the locus of performed merit.
Heavenly states are sustained by puṇya done on earth; when that puṇya diminishes over time, the attained state is no longer maintained.
As puṇya is exhausted, one falls from the enjoyed state and moves to another birth/condition according to remaining karma.
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FAQs
It articulates a widely attested Purāṇic karmic economy: merit is accumulated through actions and may be exhausted, informing later ethical and ritual discourse.
The verse references 'bhuvi' (on earth) generally rather than naming a specific site.
It encourages sustained ethical practice by presenting merit as a finite resource that requires continual cultivation.
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