Varaha Purana 164.5: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 5

The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa

Govardhana

Devanagari script

मोदते शक्रलोके तु सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः॥ दक्षिणे यमतीर्थे तु स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 164.5

Transliteration

modate śakraloke tu sarva-dvandva-vivarjitaḥ || dakṣiṇe yamatīrthe tu snānaṃ kuryād yathā-vidhi

Translation

എല്ലാ ദ്വന്ദ്വങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമൊഴിഞ്ഞ് അവൻ ശക്രലോകത്തിൽ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. പിന്നെ തെക്കുള്ള യമതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ വിധിപ്രകാരം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യണം.

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Word by Word

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• śakra-loke: in Indra’s world
• śakra-loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śakrasya lokaḥ)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• sarva-dvandva-vivarjitaḥ: free from all dualities
• sarva-dvandva-vivarjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dvandva (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त, वि+वृज्/वर्ज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle sense) ‘विवर्जित’; तत्पुरुषसमासः (sarvāṇi dvandvāni vivarjitāni yena)

• dakṣiṇe: in the southern (region)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थानवाचक), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in the southern (place)’

• yama-tīrthe: at Yama’s sacred ford
• yama-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yamasya tīrtham)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yathā-vidhi: according to the prescribed rite
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययार्थे ‘according to rule’

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker for instruction passages in this dialogue frame)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mapping of moral cultivation (freedom from dualities) onto post-mortem and pilgrimage geographies, a common late-classical Indian literary strategy for encoding ethics in place-based narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

A “Yama-tīrtha” is named; the verse does not specify a unique modern site, and such titles can be applied to multiple regional tīrthas in Purāṇic and later pilgrimage traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivating equanimity (freedom from dvandvas) is presented alongside disciplined ritual observance (yathā-vidhi).