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Varaha Purana 154.8: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 8

The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites

Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas

त्वया विवाहिता राजन्न च मां विजहात्स्मृतिः ॥ एतत्तीर्थप्रभावेन धर्मयुक्ता तथानघ

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 154.8

tvayā vivāhitā rājanna ca māṃ vijahātsmṛtiḥ || etattīrthaprabhāvena dharmayuktā tathānagha

ఓ రాజా, నీవు నన్ను వివాహం చేసుకున్నావు; నా స్మృతి నన్ను విడిచిపెట్టలేదు. ఈ తీర్థ ప్రభావంతో, ఓ నిర్దోషుడా, నేను ధర్మయుక్తురాలినయ్యాను.

त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Kartṛ (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
विवाहिताmarried (wedded)
विवाहिता:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + वह् (धातु) → विवाहित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
विजहात्(do) not abandon
विजहात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + हा (धातु)
Formलोट् लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
स्मृतिःmemory / remembrance
स्मृतिः:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
एतत्-तीर्थ-प्रभावेनby the power of this tīrtha
एतत्-तीर्थ-प्रभावेन:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष समास (एतस्य तीर्थस्य प्रभावः); पुंलिङ्ग ‘प्रभाव’; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; हेतु/साधनार्थ
धर्म-युक्ताendowed with dharma / righteous
धर्म-युक्ता:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष (धर्मेण/धर्मे युक्ता); भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
तथाthus / likewise
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
अनघO sinless one
अनघ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Pīvarī

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
D
Dharma Discourse
S
Sacred Topography

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It connects personal biography (marriage, memory) to sacred geography, a hallmark of Purāṇic moral storytelling.

A specific tīrtha is referenced but not named in this verse; it continues the Yamunā/Mathurā-region trajectory implied earlier.

The verse foregrounds dharma as an orienting principle, presented as strengthened through contact with culturally valued places.

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