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Varaha Purana 165.55: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 55

The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well

बलिभिक्षाप्रदातारस्ते मृताः क्रोधवर्जिताः ॥ तीर्थस्नानरता ये च देवास्ते नरमूर्तयः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 165.55

balibhikṣāpradātāras te mṛtāḥ krodhavarjitāḥ || tīrthasnānaratā ye ca devās te naramūrtayaḥ ||

जो लोग दान देते हैं और भीख माँगने वालों को देते हैं, वो लोग गुस्से को छोड़ के मरते हैं। जो लोग तीर्थों में नहाते रहते हैं, वो लोग भगवान जैसे हैं इंसान की शकल में।

बलि-भिक्षा-प्रदातारःgivers of offerings and alms
बलि-भिक्षा-प्रदातारः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक) + भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—(बलि-भिक्षा) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः + प्रदातृ (कर्तृवाचक)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
मृताःdead; departed
मृताः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्तः—भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle)
क्रोध-वर्जिताःfree from anger
क्रोध-वर्जिताः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्रोधेन वर्जिताः = free from anger); वर्जित = √वर्ज् (धातु) क्त
तीर्थ-स्नान-रताःdevoted to bathing at sacred fords
तीर्थ-स्नान-रताः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्नाने रताः = devoted to bathing at holy places)
येwho
ये:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक/relative pronoun
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
तेthose
ते:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
नर-मूर्तयः(having) human forms
नर-मूर्तयः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्ध/Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नरस्य मूर्तिः = human form)

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

P
Purāṇic Literature
D
Dāna (Gift) Traditions
P
Pilgrimage Studies
S
Sanskrit Ethics

FAQs

It links civic-ritual virtues (giving, non-anger, tīrtha bathing) to ideals of exemplary personhood, reflecting how Purāṇas encode social ethics through ritual vocabulary.

No specific toponym is named in this verse; it refers generally to tīrthas within the Mathurā-focused chapter.

Cultivate generosity, reduce anger, and engage respectfully with heritage-sacred waters and sites.

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