Varaha Purana 160.36: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 36

The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation

Parikramā

Devanagari script

ततो नारायणस्थानं प्रविशेन्मुक्तिहेतवे ॥ परिक्रम्य ततो देवान्नारायणपुरोगमान्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 160.36

Transliteration

tato nārāyaṇasthānaṃ praviśen muktihētave || parikramya tato devān nārāyaṇapurogamān

Translation

फिर नारायण के स्थान में अंदर जाओ मुक्ति के लिए। वहाँ जाके नारायण और उनके साथ के देवियों के चारों तरह घूमें।

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Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘thereafter/from that’

• नारायण-स्थानम्: the abode of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण-स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नारायणस्य स्थानम्)

• प्रविशेत्: should enter
• प्रविशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मुक्ति-हेतवे: for the sake of liberation
• मुक्ति-हेतवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः हेतु:)

• परिक्रम्य: having circumambulated
• परिक्रम्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having circumambulated’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• नारायण-पुरोगमान्: having Nārāyaṇa in the lead
• नारायण-पुरोगमान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (नारायणः पुरोगमः येषाम् ते)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sacred Geography
• Ritual Studies (textual)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a procedural sequence of pilgrimage actions (entering a shrine, circumambulating), offering insight into how Purāṇic texts functioned as guides to sacred itineraries.

Which geographic location is identified?

A ‘Nārāyaṇa-sthāna’ (shrine/abode of Nārāyaṇa) within the Mathurā–Vraja pilgrimage landscape.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames disciplined movement through sacred space—entry and circumambulation—as a culturally sanctioned means toward self-transformation (mukti-aimed practice).