Varaha Purana 154.5: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 5

The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites

Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas

Devanagari script

प्रोवाच चैव राजानं मनसः प्रीतिकारणम् ॥ अहं तु पीवरी नाम गङ्गातीरनिवासिनी

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 154.5

Transliteration

provāca caiva rājānaṃ manasaḥ prītikāraṇam || ahaṃ tu pīvarī nāma gaṅgātīranivāsinī

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവൾ രാജാവിനോട് മനസ്സിനെ ആനന്ദിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു—“എന്റെ പേര് പീവരീ; ഞാൻ ഗംഗാതീരവാസിനിയാണ്.”

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Word by Word

• provāca: said forth / spoke
• provāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• rājānam: the king
• rājānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• manasaḥ: of the mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha/Śeṣa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• prīti-kāraṇam: cause of joy
• prīti-kāraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (प्रीतेः कारणम् = cause of joy); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to 'rājānam'

• aham: I
• aham: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वय/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (indeed/but)

• pīvarī: Pīvarī
• pīvarī: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/identifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक अव्यय (particle meaning 'by name')

• gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinī: dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinī: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīra (प्रातिपदिक) + nivāsinī (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √vas)
• Form: समासः (गङ्गायाः तीरे निवसति इति); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (locative sense); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of 'pīvarī'

Speaker

Pīvarī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Geography
• Riverine Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It anchors the narrative in riverine cultural geography (Gaṅgā), reflecting how Purāṇic texts map identity through sacred landscapes.

Which geographic location is identified?

Gaṅgā-tīra (the bank of the Ganges), a broad sacred-geographic marker rather than a single city.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse models respectful self-disclosure as a preface to conveying consequential memory and place-based experience.