Varaha Purana 154.33: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 33

The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites

Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas

Devanagari script

स्वां चाप्यकथयत्तस्यै यथा संयमने मृतः ॥ एवं तौ मथुरां प्राप्य स्नात्वा यामुनतीर्थके ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 154.33

Transliteration

svāṃ cāpy akathayat tasyai yathā saṃyamane mṛtaḥ || evaṃ tau mathurāṃ prāpya snātvā yāmunatīrthake ||

Translation

అతడు తన వృత్తాంతమును కూడా ఆమెకు చెప్పెను—యముని సంయమనలోకములో తాను ఎలా మరణించెనో. ఆపై వారు ఇద్దరూ మథురకు చేరి యమునా తీర్థములో స్నానము చేసి ముందుకు సాగిరి.

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Word by Word

• svām: his own (wife)
• svām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (own)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• akathayat: told/related
• akathayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense not intended here

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yathā: how/as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/how)

• saṃyamane: in Saṃyamana (Yama’s realm)
• saṃyamane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘Yama’s abode/realm of restraint’

• mṛtaḥ: dead
• mṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• mathurām: Mathurā
• mathurām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mathurā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having reached’

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• yāmunatīrthake: at the Yamunā ford/holy spot
• yāmunatīrthake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmuna + tīrthaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमुनायाः तीर्थकम्)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how Purāṇic pilgrimage sections often embed brief afterlife/cosmological references (Yama’s realm) within travel narratives to reinforce moral causality.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā and a Yamunā tīrtha (a bathing ford/holy spot on the Yamunā) are named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The narrative frames pilgrimage and purification as structured practices integrated with reflections on mortality and moral order.