Varaha Purana 156.2: Adhyaya 156, Shloka 2

The Manifest Sacred Landscape of Mathurā: Merits of Vatsakrīḍanaka, Bhāṇḍīraka, Vṛndāvana, Keśītīrtha, and the Sūrya-Tīrthas

Devanagari script

स्नानमात्रेण तत्रैव वायुलोकं व्रजेन्नरः ॥ तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके महीयते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 156.2

Transliteration

snānamātreṇa tatraiva vāyulokaṃ vrajen naraḥ || tatrātha muñcate prāṇān mama loke mahīyate

Translation

അവിടെ സ്നാനം മാത്രം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ വായുലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും. അവിടെയേ പ്രാണൻ വിട്ടാൽ, എന്റെ ലോകത്തിൽ അവൻ മഹത്വപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (कर्मधारय: स्नानं मात्रम् = only bathing); नपुंसकलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular: by mere bathing)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis: indeed/only)

• वायुलोकम्: the world of Vāyu
• वायुलोकम्: Karma (कर्म/गत्यर्थक-द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: वायोः लोकः); पुल्लिङ्गः; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्

• व्रजेत्: would go / attains
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then)

• मुञ्चते: releases / gives up
• मुञ्चते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः; बहुवचनम् (Accusative plural)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; सप्तमी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• महीयते: is honored / is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment, but continues from 156.1 context)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Geography
• Pilgrimage Studies
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is characteristic of tīrtha-māhātmya passages that promote sacred sites through concise claims about ritual efficacy and post-mortem or supra-mundane outcomes.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the tīrtha context introduced in Adhyāya 156 regarding Mathurā and the Vatsakrīḍanaka tīrtha.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The emphasis is on ritual practice (snāna/bathing) as a culturally sanctioned act linked to cosmological results, rather than a general ethical maxim.