Varaha Purana 159.4: Adhyaya 159, Shloka 4

The Procedure and Merit of Circumambulating Mathurā

Devanagari script

अस्ति कश्चिदुपायोऽत्र येन सम्यगवाप्यते ॥ प्रसादसुमुखो भूत्वा तत्सर्वं कथयस्व मे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 159.4

Transliteration

asti kaścid upāyo 'tra yena samyag avāpyate || prasāda-sumukho bhūtvā tat sarvaṃ kathayasva me ||

Translation

มีอุบายใดในที่นี้ที่ทำให้บรรลุได้โดยถูกต้องหรือไม่? ขอพระองค์ทรงมีพระพักตร์เปี่ยมพระกรุณา แล้วตรัสบอกทั้งหมดแก่ข้าพเจ้า

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Word by Word

• asti: is there
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa Singular

• kaścit: some/any
• kaścit: Karta (कर्ता/subject of asti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ka (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Nominative Singular; indefinite pronoun (अनिश्चित)

• upāyaḥ: means/way
• upāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/apposition to kaścit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Nominative Singular

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Napuṃ, Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular; relative pronoun

• samyak: properly/completely
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• avāpyate: is obtained
• avāpyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra, Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa Singular; passive/impersonal sense ‘is obtained’

• prasāda-sumukhaḥ: gracious-faced
• prasāda-sumukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/qualifier of implied ‘tvam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + su-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Nominative Singular; karmadhāraya ‘prasādena sumukhaḥ’ = ‘with gracious/pleasant face’

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Accusative Singular; demonstrative used adjectivally

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Accusative Singular; ‘everything’

• kathayasva: tell/explain
• kathayasva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (धातु: √kath/कथ् causative/denom)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Ātmanepada, Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यम) Singular

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (चतुर्थी) Singular; enclitic form

Speaker

Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dialogic Instruction
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals a pedagogical pivot: the text moves from ideal descriptions to a practical ‘method’ (upāya), characteristic of instructional Purāṇic chapters.

Which geographic location is identified?

None explicitly; the verse functions as a methodological question within the sacred-geography discussion.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It models inquiry, humility, and the pursuit of practicable disciplines suited to human capacity.