Varaha Purana 157.47: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 47

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā–Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

Devanagari script

ख्याता एते पञ्च देशा महापापविनाशनाः ॥ तेषु स्नानेषु वसुधे ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 157.47

Transliteration

khyātā ete pañca deśā mahāpāpavināśanāḥ || teṣu snāneṣu vasudhe brahmaṇā saha modate

Translation

ഈ അഞ്ചു ദേശങ്ങളും മഹാപാപനാശകരങ്ങളായി പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്. ഹേ വസുധേ, അവിടങ്ങളിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ ബ്രഹ്മാവിനോടൊപ്പം ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• ख्याताः: are renowned
• ख्याताः: क्रियापद-समर्थ (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे—प्रसिद्धाः

• एते: these
• एते: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: कर्ता-विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable numeral in usage); 'देशाः' इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• देशाः: places/regions
• देशाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• महापापविनाशनाः: destroyers of great sins
• महापापविनाशनाः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पाप + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—महापापानां विनाशनाः (destroyers of great sins)

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नानेषु: in the baths/bathing rites
• स्नानेषु: अधिकरण (Location/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• वसुधे: O Earth
• वसुधे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणा: with Brahmā/Brahman
• ब्रह्मणा: सहकारक/सह (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: साहचर्यवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: with)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ritual Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic pattern of enumerating a set of “five” sacred locales, which can correspond to regional pilgrimage circuits and mnemonic geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse indicates five named locales, but does not list them here; their identities are expected in the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It presents moral purification as linked to respectful engagement with specific places, encouraging restraint and reflective conduct associated with tīrtha practice.