Varaha Purana 153.3: Adhyaya 153, Shloka 3

The Glory of the Mathurā Sacred Landscape: Saṃyamana Tīrtha and the Twelve Sacred Forests

Devanagari script

तस्मिन् स्नातो नरो देवि मम लोके प्रपद्यते ॥ तत्र संयमनं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 153.3

Transliteration

tasmin snāto naro devi mama loke prapadyate || tatra saṁyamanaṁ nāma tīrthaṁ trailokya-viśrutam ||

Translation

ข้าแต่เทวี บุรุษผู้สรงสนาน ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมบรรลุถึงโลกของเรา ที่นั่นมีทิรถะนามว่า “สังยมะนะ” อันเลื่องลือไปทั่วไตรโลก

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Word by Word

• tasmin: in that (place)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular; pronoun

• snātaḥ: having bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent, qualified)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; used adjectivally for naraḥ: ‘having bathed’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative Singular

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन) Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular; pronoun

• loke: in the world/realm
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी) Singular

• prapadyate: attains; reaches
• prapadyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pad (पद् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; ātmanepada; ‘attains/resorts to’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; place adverb

• saṁyamanam: Saṁyamana (name of a tīrtha)
• saṁyamanam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁyamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative Singular

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle (नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford; pilgrimage-place
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता/appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative Singular; apposition to saṁyamanam

• trailokya-viśrutam: renowned in the three worlds
• trailokya-viśrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + loka + viśruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative Singular; qualifies tīrtham; तत्पुरुष: trailokye viśrutam (renowned in the three worlds)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named site (Saṁyamana) to a broader cosmological map (“three worlds”), a common Purāṇic strategy for elevating local geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

A tīrtha called Saṁyamana, situated within the Mathurā tīrtha complex described in this chapter.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse encourages respectful participation in site-based ritual traditions, reinforcing the cultural value of preserving named heritage locations.