Varaha Purana 162.40: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 40

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणः संहितव्रतः ॥ कल्पग्रामं परित्यज्य मथुरां याहि सुव्रत ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.40

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṁ śrutvā brāhmaṇaḥ saṁhitavrataḥ || kalpagrāmaṁ parityajya mathurāṁ yāhi suvrata ||

Translation

അവന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് വ്രതനിഷ്ഠനായ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ സുവ്രത, കല്പഗ്രാമം വിട്ട് മഥുരയിലേക്കു പോകുക.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha/Śeṣa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (वचनम्)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• ब्राह्मणः: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संहितव्रतः: one whose vow is well-observed
• संहितव्रतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (संहितं व्रतं यस्य)

• कल्पग्रामम्: the village named Kalpa
• कल्पग्रामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कल्प-नामकः ग्रामः)

• परित्यज्य: having left/abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive; -य suffix form)

• मथुराम्: to Mathurā
• मथुराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याहि: go
• याहि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O virtuous one
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (advisor figure within the narrative; exact identity not specified in fragment)

Tags

• Sacred Geography
• Purāṇic Itihāsa-Narrative
• North Indian Tīrtha Traditions
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links ethical remediation to movement through sacred geography, a characteristic Purāṇic strategy where tīrthas function as cultural-ritual institutions.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā is explicitly named (widely identified with modern Mathura in Uttar Pradesh). Kalpagrāma is also named but requires source-comparative study for precise modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse presents relocation/pilgrimage as a prescribed response within an expiatory framework.