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Varaha Purana 152.32: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 32

Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā

यस्मिन्स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ॥ सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्स्नानं सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्फलम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 152.32

yasmin snāto naro devi mama lokaṃ prapadyate || sarvatīrtheṣu yat snānaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu yat phalam ||

Ó Deusa, o homem que ali se banha alcança o meu mundo. Qualquer banho prescrito em todos os tīrthas, e qualquer fruto obtido em todos os tīrthas—

यस्मिन्in which (place)
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/location)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः (m/n), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), एकवचनम् (singular)
स्नातःhaving bathed
स्नातः:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्/modifier of नरः)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) from √स्ना (धातु)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्/address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive), एकवचनम् (singular)
लोकम्world, realm
लोकम्:
Karma (कर्म/goal)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)
प्रपद्यतेattains, reaches
प्रपद्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), आत्मनेपदम्
सर्व-तीर्थेषुin all pilgrimage places
सर्व-तीर्थेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/location)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter) तीर्थ-शब्दः; सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), बहुवचनम् (plural); कर्मधारयः: ‘सर्वाणि तीर्थानि’
यत्that which
यत्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्/correlative)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (nom/acc), एकवचनम् (singular)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied ‘asti’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (nom/acc), एकवचनम् (singular)
सर्व-तीर्थेषुin all pilgrimage places
सर्व-तीर्थेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/location)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter) तीर्थ-शब्दः; सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), बहुवचनम् (plural); कर्मधारयः
यत्that which
यत्:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्/correlative)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (nom/acc), एकवचनम् (singular)
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied ‘asti’)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (nom/acc), एकवचनम् (singular)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
A
Ancient Geography
R
Ritual Studies

FAQs

It expresses a common Purāṇic motif: a single site is rhetorically elevated as equivalent to many, indicating competitive or integrative sacred geographies.

The verse refers back to the previously named tīrtha (Viśrānti), without additional coordinates in this fragment.

It promotes the ideal of pilgrimage as a concentrated form of religious-cultural practice, emphasizing intention and disciplined participation.

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