Varaha Purana 162.45: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 45

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थं समासाद्य स्नानं स कुरुते सदा ॥ न भिक्षां कुरुते तत्र भोजनार्थं न गच्छति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.45

Transliteration

cakratīrthaṃ samāsādya snānaṃ sa kurute sadā || na bhikṣāṃ kurute tatra bhojanārthaṃ na gacchati

Translation

ครั้นถึงจักรตีรถะแล้ว เขาก็อาบน้ำชำระอยู่ที่นั่นเป็นนิตย์; มิได้ขอทาน ณ ที่นั้น และมิได้ออกไปเพื่อแสวงหาอาหาร

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Word by Word

• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Cakratīrtha (sacred ford)
• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (place-name)

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having reached/approached'

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति/कुरुते) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल-बोधक adverb (always)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध particle

• भिक्षाम्: alms
• भिक्षाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does/makes
• कुरुते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश-बोधक adverb (there)

• भोजन-अर्थम्: for food/for eating
• भोजन-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रयोजन-बोधक (for the purpose of eating)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध particle

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sacred Bathing
• Ascetic Discipline

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how tīrthas are narrated as sites for disciplined practice (snāna, restraint), contributing to the Purāṇic mapping of sacred space.

Which geographic location is identified?

Cakratīrtha is named; in broader North Indian traditions, such names often attach to bathing-ghāṭs or sacred water-sites associated with Mathurā-region tīrtha networks.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse highlights self-restraint: maintaining practice without resorting to begging or seeking food in that locale.