Varaha Purana 174.7: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 7

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

तथा चोत्तरकोट्यां तु तथा मन्माथुरं च यत् ॥ क्रमेण सर्वतीर्थानि स्नात्वा मामपि पुष्करम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.7

Transliteration

tathā cottarakoṭyāṃ tu tathā manmāthuraṃ ca yat || krameṇa sarvatīrthāni snātvā mām api puṣkaram

Translation

Demikian juga di titik pusingan utara, dan demikian juga pada tempat yang berkaitan dengan Mathurā-Ku—setelah mandi suci menurut tertib di semua tīrtha, (dia bertekad) untuk mandi juga di Puṣkara, yakni pada-Ku.

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Word by Word

• तथा: likewise / thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘thus/likewise’

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

• उत्तरकोट्याम्: at Uttara-koṭi (a place)
• उत्तरकोट्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर + कोटि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उत्तरकोटि); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative ‘in/at’

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Avadharana (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle); contrast/emphasis

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मत्-माथुरम्: my Māthura (sacred place)
• मत्-माथुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + माथुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मत्+माथुर); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘my Māthura (tīrtha/place)’

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

• यत्: which / that
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘which/that’ (contextual)

• क्रमेण: in sequence / step by step
• क्रमेण: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषण; instrumental used adverbially ‘in order/step by step’

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred fords/places of pilgrimage
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वतीर्थ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; object of ‘स्नात्वा’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having bathed’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle); inclusion/emphasis ‘also/even’

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (sacred place)
• पुष्करम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; appositional object with ‘माम्’ (as tīrtha/place-name)

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha’s discourse to Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Studies
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects how Purāṇic texts encode networks of tīrthas (sacred sites) and prescribe sequential bathing as a formalized cultural practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

Puṣkara is explicitly named; it is widely identified with the Puṣkara region near Ajmer (Rajasthan), a major pan-Indian tīrtha in later and classical sources.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The implied instruction is orderly completion of a vowed itinerary—performing actions in sequence and with consistency.