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Varaha Purana 152.39: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 39

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

तस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोके महीयते ॥ अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरा वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 152.39

tasmin snāto naro devi mama loke mahīyate || asmiṃs tīrthe purā vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||

ദേവീ, ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത മനുഷ്യൻ എന്റെ ലോകത്തിൽ മഹത്വപ്പെടുന്നു. വസുന്ധരേ, ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് സംഭവിച്ചതിനെ കേൾക്കുക.

तस्मिन्in that (place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण
स्नातःhaving bathed
स्नातः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘having bathed’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन
लोकेin (my) world
लोके:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
महीयतेis honored/is magnified
महीयते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगे ‘is honored/glorified’
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन
तीर्थेat the sacred place
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
पुराformerly/once
पुरा:
Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time adverb)
वृत्तम्(what) happened; an event
वृत्तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु) → वृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used nominally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that which happened’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘वृत्तम्’ इत्यस्य निर्देश
शृणुष्वlisten (to it)
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
वसुन्धरेO Earth (Vasundharā)
वसुन्धरे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
A
Ancient Geography
P
Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

It functions as a narrative hinge, transitioning from site-praise to an etiological story (origin/precedent) commonly used to authorize tīrtha importance.

The verse points to the immediately discussed tīrtha/kṣetra (contextually Tinduka), but does not add new geographic descriptors.

It emphasizes attentive listening and transmission of cultural memory tied to place—an archival value within Purāṇic storytelling.

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