Varaha Purana 152.52: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 52

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नातः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 152.52

Transliteration

tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || tatrātha muñcate prāṇān mama lokaṃ sa gacchati ||

Translation

Sesiapa yang mandi di tīrtha itu akan terlepas daripada segala dosa. Dan jika di sana ia melepaskan nafas hayatnya, maka ia pergi ke alam-Ku.

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Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/locative), एकवचन; 'तीर्थे' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/locative), एकवचन

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/nominative), एकवचन

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'नरः' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins / by all sins (i.e., all sins as the source of bondage)
• सर्वपापैः: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (हेतु/means/instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि (all sins)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed (is released)
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (conjunctive particle: then/now)

• मुञ्चते: releases/abandons
• मुञ्चते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; vital airs (i.e., life)
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/accusative), बहुवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/genitive), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Gati-Karma (गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (गति-कर्म/accusative of goal), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/nominative), एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic tīrtha ideology where ritual bathing is textualized as moral purification, indicating how pilgrimage sites were promoted and remembered through literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse points to an unnamed tīrtha in the immediate narrative context (here associated with Dhruva-tīrtha in the surrounding sequence), emphasizing sacred geography rather than a modern cartographic identifier.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text foregrounds purification and intentional ritual practice as means of moral renewal and posthumous aspiration, framed within the narrator’s (Varāha’s) realm.