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Varaha Purana 155.6: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 6

The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha

तत्स्नानात्फलमाप्नोति प्रयागस्नानजं फलम् ॥ अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरावृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 155.6

tatsnānāt phalam āpnoti prayāgasnānajaṃ phalam || asmiṃs tīrthe purāvṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||

Dengan mandi suci di sana, seseorang memperoleh hasil yang terbit daripada mandi di Prayāga. Wahai Vasundharā, dengarkanlah kisah yang berlaku pada zaman dahulu di tīrtha ini.

तत्of that
तत्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; स्नानात् इत्यस्य पूर्वपद (समासार्थ)
स्नानात्from (that) bathing
स्नानात्:
हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
प्रयागस्नानजम्arising from bathing at Prayāga
प्रयागस्नानजम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयाग + स्नान + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (प्रयागे स्नानात् जातम् = born of bathing at Prayāga); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; फलम् विशेषण
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object, apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; तीर्थे विशेषण
तीर्थेat the pilgrimage place
तीर्थे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन
पुरावृत्तम्an event of old / ancient occurrence
पुरावृत्तम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of ‘hear’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरा + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास (पुरा वृत्तम् = happened formerly); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; पुरावृत्तम् पुनरुक्ति-निर्देश
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन
वसुन्धरेO Vasundharā (Earth)
वसुन्धरे:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
A
Ancient Geography

FAQs

It links regional sites to pan-Indic pilgrimage centers (Prayāga), a common mechanism for integrating local geographies into wider cultural maps.

Prayāga is referenced as a comparative benchmark; the immediate site remains Ākrūra-tīrtha in the Yamunā region.

It encourages attentive listening to transmitted histories (purāvṛtta) as part of cultural literacy around heritage sites.

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