Varaha Purana 176.63: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 63

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

Devanagari script

कालेष्वेषु नरः स्नात्वा सर्वपापं व्यपोहति ॥ मथुरायां च तीर्थेभ्यो विश्रान्तः पञ्चतीर्थके ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.63

Transliteration

kāleṣv eṣu naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati || mathurāyāṃ ca tīrthebhyo viśrāntaḥ pañcatīrthake

Translation

ഈ സമയങ്ങളിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ പാപവും നീക്കുന്നു. മഥുരയിലെ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ, പഞ്ചതീർത്ഥ സമുച്ചയത്തിനുള്ളിലെ വിശ്രാന്ത തീർത്ഥം (വിശേഷം) ആകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• कालेषु: in (these) times
• कालेषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); बहुवचन (Plural)

• एषु: in these
• एषु: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); बहुवचन (Plural)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Pūrvakriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकाल (having done)

• सर्वपापम्: all sin
• सर्वपापम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व+पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वं पापम्)

• व्यपोहति: drives away/removes
• व्यपोहति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप+ऊह्/व्यूह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd); एकवचन (Singular); उपसर्ग: वि+अप (intensive/separative)

• मथुरायाम्: in Mathurā
• मथुरायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तीर्थेभ्यः: from the tīrthas
• तीर्थेभ्यः: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); बहुवचन (Plural)

• विश्रान्तः: rested/halting
• विश्रान्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+श्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• पञ्चतीर्थके: at Pañcatīrthaka (the five-tīrtha place)
• पञ्चतीर्थके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च+तीर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (पञ्च तीर्थाणि यस्मिन्/समूहः)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It anchors the general tīrtha doctrine to a specific regional landscape (Mathurā), valuable for mapping sacred topography in textual sources.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā is explicitly named; Viśrānta is presented as a tīrtha within the Pañcatīrtha grouping.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical focus is purification through prescribed practice, with emphasis on intentional participation in culturally maintained heritage sites.