Varaha Purana 158.33: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 33

The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च गोग्घ्नो भग्नव्रतस्तथा॥ मथुरां तु परिक्रम्य पूतो भवति मानवः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 158.33

Transliteration

brahmaghnaś ca surāpaś ca gogghno bhagnavratas tathā || mathurāṁ tu parikramya pūto bhavati mānavaḥ

Translation

ब्राह्मण मारने वाला, शराबी, गाय मारने वाला, या जिसने व्रत तोड़ा है, मथुरा का चक्कर लगाने से साफ हो जाता है। सब पाप धुल जाते हैं।

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्मघ्नः: a brahmin-slayer
• ब्रह्मघ्नः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘ब्रह्मणः घ्नः’ (slayer of a brāhmaṇa); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुरापः: a liquor-drinker
• सुरापः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘सुरां पिबति’ (drinker of liquor); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• गोग्घ्नः: a cow-slayer
• गोग्घ्नः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘गां घ्नः’ (cow-slayer); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भग्नव्रतः: one who has broken vows
• भग्नव्रतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग्न (कृदन्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि: ‘भग्नं व्रतं यस्य सः’ (one whose vow is broken); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Also)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), ‘likewise/also’

• मथुराम्: Mathurā
• मथुराम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• परिक्रम्य: having circumambulated
• परिक्रम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + क्रम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having gone around/circumambulated’

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) from √पू (to purify); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a Purāṇic catalog of grave transgressions and frames pilgrimage-circumambulation as a socially legible mechanism of moral rehabilitation.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes the possibility of moral renewal through disciplined, restorative practices associated with sacred geography.