Varaha Purana 158.4: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 4

The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha

Devanagari script

सुप्तोत्थितं तु दृष्ट्वा मां मथुरायां वसुन्धरे ॥ ते नराः मां प्रपश्यन्ति सर्वकालं न संशयः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 158.4

Transliteration

suptotthitaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā māṃ mathurāyāṃ vasundhare || te narā māṃ prapaśyanti sarvakālaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

O Vasundharo, ujrzawszy mnie w Mathurze jako tego, który powstał ze snu, ci ludzie oglądają mnie przez cały czas, o tym nie ma wątpliwości.

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Word by Word

• सुप्त-उत्थितम्: asleep-and-awakened / having risen from sleep
• सुप्त-उत्थितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (कृदन्त) + उत्थित (कृदन्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

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

• मथुरायाम्: in Mathurā
• मथुरायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• वसुन्धरे: O Earth
• वसुन्धरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (those)

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

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

• प्रपश्यन्ति: they behold/see clearly
• प्रपश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पश्य्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्व-कालम्: always/at all times
• सर्व-कालम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्यय (adverbial accusative) = 'at all times'

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'न संशयः' इति वाक्यांशे अस्ति-लोप (ellipsis of 'is')

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of sacralizing a specific landscape (Mathurā) by linking it to a recurring experience of divine ‘darśana’, a key motif in pilgrimage literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā—an ancient urban and pilgrimage center on the Yamunā (Kālindī), identified with modern Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes sustained contemplative remembrance and disciplined pilgrimage practice by framing ‘seeing’ as an enduring moral-spiritual orientation rather than a one-time event.