Varaha Purana 153.4: Adhyaya 153, Shloka 4

The Glory of the Mathurā Sacred Landscape: Saṃyamana Tīrtha and the Twelve Sacred Forests

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नातो मृतो वापि मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 153.4

Transliteration

tatra snāto mṛto vāpi mama lokaṁ sa gacchati || punar anyat pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||

Translation

Czy ktoś kąpie się tam, czy nawet tam umiera, udaje się do mojego świata. Ponownie wyjaśnię coś więcej, wysłuchaj tego, o Vasundharo (Ziemio).

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; place adverb

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent, qualified)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; ‘having bathed’

• mṛtaḥ: dead; having died
• mṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent, qualified)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (मृ धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; ‘dead’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; disjunctive particle (विकल्प)

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; additive/concessive particle (समुच्चय/अपि)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्)
• Form: Genitive Singular

• lokam: world/realm
• lokam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative Singular; pronoun

• gacchati: goes; reaches
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• punar: again; further
• punar: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक)

• anyat: another (matter)
• anyat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; object of pravakṣyāmi

• pravakṣyāmi: I will explain/tell
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular; object of śṛṇuṣva

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriyā (क्रिया/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; ātmanepada

• vasundhare: O Earth (Vasundharā)
• vasundhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative Singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Pilgrimage Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It explicitly marks the dialogic frame (Varāha addressing Earth), indicating a didactic narrative structure typical of Purāṇic chapters.

Which geographic location is identified?

The same Mathurā-region tīrtha context continues; the verse points to the site where bathing is performed (contextually Saṁyamana).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

An instruction in attentive listening and transmission of knowledge, alongside the cultural practice of recognizing tīrthas as meaningful heritage places.