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Varaha Purana 160.39: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 39

The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation

Parikramā

प्रभा मल्ली च तत्रैव दृष्ट्वा कामानवाप्नुयात् ॥ महाविद्येश्वरी देवी कृष्णरक्षार्थमुद्यता ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 160.39

prabhā mallī ca tatraiva dṛṣṭvā kāmānavāpnuyāt || mahāvidyeśvarī devī kṛṣṇarakṣārthamudyatā ||

అక్కడ ప్రభా, మల్లీ దర్శనం చేయగా కోరిన ఫలములు లభించును. మహావిద్యేశ్వరీ దేవి శ్రీకృష్ణరక్షణార్థం సిద్ధంగా ఉన్నది.

प्रभाPrabhā (name) / radiance
प्रभा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
मल्लीMallī (name)
मल्ली:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया/Non-finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having seen)
कामान्desired objects, wishes
कामान्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
अवाप्नुयात्may obtain
अवाप्नुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअव-आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
महाविद्येश्वरीMahāvidyeśvarī
महाविद्येश्वरी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाविद्या + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः
देवीgoddess
देवी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कृष्णरक्षार्थम्for the protection of Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णरक्षार्थम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण + रक्षा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य रक्षा) + प्रयोजनवाचक (अर्थ)
उद्यताready, intent, prepared
उद्यता:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-यत् (धातु) + क्त → उद्यत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally)

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Geography
V
Vaiṣṇavism
Ś
Śākta Elements

FAQs

It preserves a common Purāṇic pattern: named local presences (often shrines or sacred embodiments) are linked to darśana-phala (benefits from visiting/seeing), mapping devotion onto a pilgrimage itinerary.

The verse indicates “tatraiva” (there itself) but does not supply a modern-identifiable toponym in this line; identification depends on the chapter’s wider kṣetra context.

The text frames pilgrimage as purposeful and disciplined—seeking aims through sanctioned sacred encounters rather than through harm or disorder.

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