Varaha Purana 168.16: Adhyaya 168, Shloka 16

The Merit of Seeing Mathurā’s Guardian-Deity and a Catalog of Mathurā’s Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थं तथाक्रूरं द्वादशादित्यसंज्ञितम् ॥ एतत्पुण्यं पवित्रं च महापातकनाशनम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 168.16

Transliteration

chakratīrthaṃ tathākrūraṃ dvādaśādityasaṃjñitam || etat puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam ||

Translation

चक्रतीर्थ और अक्रूर, इसको द्वादशादित्य कहते हैं। यह जगह बहुत पुण्य करती है और साफ करती है। बड़े-बड़े पाप मिटा देती है।

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Word by Word

• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb)

• अक्रूरम्: Akrūra (tīrtha)
• अक्रूरम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (tīrtha-name)

• द्वादश-आदित्य-संज्ञितम्: named ‘(of) the Twelve Ādityas’
• द्वादश-आदित्य-संज्ञितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('named as the twelve Ādityas')

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• पवित्रम्: pure, purifying
• पवित्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• महा-पातक-नाशनम्: destroyer of great sins
• महा-पातक-नाशनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः ('destroyer of great sins')

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ritual Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how tīrthas were associated with specific epithets and solar-theological motifs (Dvādaśāditya), revealing layers of ritual naming and local cultic memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

The sites belong to the Mathurā/Braj sacred geography; Chakratīrtha and Ākrūra-tīrtha are presented as notable nodes within that network.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Purification language functions as a moral framing: engagement with heritage sites is portrayed as supporting ethical renewal and restraint from harmful actions.