Varaha Purana 176.93: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 93

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

Devanagari script

सगतिश्च विपापा च भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ एवं प्रभावस्तीर्थस्य मथुरायां वसुन्धरे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.93

Transliteration

sagatiśca vipāpā ca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || evaṃ prabhāvas tīrthasya mathurāyāṃ vasundhare

Translation

उसकी लाइफ सही बन जाएगी और पाप से भी आज़ादी मिलेगी, कोई डाउट नहीं। श्री वराह बोले, मथुरा में इस तीर्थ की इतनी ही ताकत है, हे वसुंधरा।

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Word by Word

• sa-gatiḥ: good destination
• sa-gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (स) + gati (गति) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: 'good/with gati' i.e., 'right course/destination'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)

• vi-pāpā: freedom from sin
• vi-pāpā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-pāpa (विपाप) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); 'sinlessness/purity' (abstract)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: Future tense (लृट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: no / not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (in 'na saṃśayaḥ' = 'no doubt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (संशय) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrī-varāhaḥ: Śrī Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (speaker tag)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (श्री) + varāha (वराह) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); honorific karmadhāraya/title

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• prabhāvaḥ: power/effect
• prabhāvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रभाव) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tīrthasya: of the sacred ford/place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (तीर्थ) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• mathurāyām: in Mathurā
• mathurāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mathurā (मथुरा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• vasundhare: O Earth
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (वसुन्धरा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography
• Classical Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It explicitly anchors the narrative in Mathurā’s tīrtha landscape, contributing to the Purāṇic elevation of North Indian pilgrimage centers through dialogic instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā is directly named; it is widely identified with the historic city in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It links ethical purification and favorable outcomes (gati) to engagement with heritage sacred sites within the Purāṇic framework.