Varaha Purana 152.25: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 25

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

Devanagari script

तत्र गुह्यानि नामानि भविष्यन्ति मम प्रिये ॥ पुण्यानि च पवित्राणि संसारच्छेदनानि च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 152.25

Transliteration

tatra guhyāni nāmāni bhaviṣyanti mama priye || puṇyāni ca pavitrāṇi saṃsāracchedanāni ca

Translation

അവിടെ, ഹേ പ്രിയേ, എന്റെ നാമങ്ങൾ ഗുഹ്യമായിരിക്കും; അവ പുണ്യപ്രദവും പവിത്രകരവും സംസാരച്ഛേദകവുമാകും।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• गुह्यानि: secret
• गुह्यानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् नामानि प्रति

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• पुण्यानि: meritorious / holy
• पुण्यानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (नामानि) प्रति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पवित्राणि: purifying
• पवित्राणि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (नामानि) प्रति

• संसार-छेदनानि: cutting off saṃsāra (worldly bondage)
• संसार-छेदनानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + छेदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—संसारस्य छेदनानि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Theology
• Mantra/Nāma Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It evidences the Purāṇic integration of “names” (nāma) as a religious-ritual technology, connecting textual authority with practices of recitation and remembrance.

Which geographic location is identified?

Only “tatra” (there) is used; in context, it likely points to the Mathurā–Yamunā region described in adjacent verses.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames purification and liberation as goals, presenting remembrance/recitation of names as a culturally valued means toward inner transformation.