Varaha Purana 154.30: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 30

The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites

Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas

Devanagari script

तथात्र मुंचते प्राणान् लोभमोहविवर्जितः॥ सोमलोकमतिग्रम्य मम लोकं च गच्छति॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 154.30

Transliteration

tathātra muñcate prāṇān lobhamohavivarjitaḥ | somalokam atikramya mama lokaṃ ca gacchati ||

Translation

तथात्र लोभमोहविवर्जितः प्राणान् मुञ्चति। सोमलोकमतिग्रम्य स मम लोकं च गच्छति॥

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Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus, in the same way)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• muñcate: releases, gives up
• muñcate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• prāṇān: life-breaths
• prāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• lobhamohavivarjitaḥ: free from greed and delusion
• lobhamohavivarjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lobha-moha-vivarjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj वर्ज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पूर्वपदद्वन्द्वः (lobha + moha) ततः तत्पुरुषः (lobha-moha-rahitaḥ)

• somalokam: the world of Soma
• somalokam: Karma (कर्म; object of atikramya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (somasya lokaḥ)

• atikramya: having crossed beyond
• atikramya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-√kram (क्रम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having crossed/overstepped’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• gacchati: goes, attains
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Soteriology
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Classical Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links pilgrimage discourse with ethical interiority (freedom from lobha and moha) and with cosmological stratification (Somaloka), reflecting layered Purāṇic religious thought.

Which geographic location is identified?

The site is the immediately discussed tīrtha (Koṭitīrtha in the preceding verse), though this verse emphasizes the aspirant’s disposition and post-mortem trajectory.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The key instruction is detachment: greed and delusion are presented as impediments, while their absence aligns the person with higher outcomes.