Varaha Purana 160.84: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 84

The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation

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Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा गच्छेत्ततो देवीं या कृष्णेन विनिर्मिता ॥ कंसभेदं प्रथमतः श्रुतं यत्र कुमन्त्रितम्

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 160.84

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā gacchet tato devīṁ yā kṛṣṇena vinirmitā || kaṁsabhedaṁ prathamataḥ śrutaṁ yatra kumantritam

Translation

ครั้นได้เห็นสิ่งเหล่านี้แล้ว พึงไปยังพระเทวีผู้ซึ่งพระกฤษณะทรงสถาปนาไว้—ณ ที่นั้นเองเป็นครั้งแรกที่ได้ยินแผนการปราบกังสะ หลังจากได้ปรึกษาหารือกันแล้ว

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Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: क्रिया (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: अपादान/क्रम (Source/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• या: who
• या: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विनिर्मिता: made/constructed
• विनिर्मिता: विशेषण (Predicate adjective of ‘देवी’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्मा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (‘made/constructed’)

• कंसभेदम्: the slaying of Kaṁsa
• कंसभेदम्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंसभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): कंस (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक ‘breaking/slaying’)

• प्रथमतः: first
• प्रथमतः: काल/क्रम (Time/Order)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथमतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘first/at first’)

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: कर्म (Karman/Object; ‘that which is heard’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (‘heard’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• कुमन्त्रितम्: ill-counselled/evil-plotted
• कुमन्त्रितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of implied ‘कर्म/वृत्तान्त’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कु-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ill-advised/evil counselled’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects how Purāṇic tīrtha descriptions embed narrative memory (episodes of Kṛṣṇa and Kaṁsa) into physical landscapes, creating ‘story-mapped’ pilgrimage.

Which geographic location is identified?

A goddess-site attributed to Kṛṣṇa’s establishment is indicated, but the verse does not supply a distinct toponym in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To remember exemplary narratives as moral-cultural instruction while undertaking pilgrimage, linking place with reflective recollection.