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Varaha Purana 157.4: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 4

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā–Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

ज्येष्ठस्य शुक्लद्वादश्यां स्नात्वा सुनियतेंद्रियः ॥ मथुरायां हरिं दृष्ट्वा प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 157.4

jyeṣṭhasya śukladvādaśyāṃ snātvā suniyatendriyaḥ || mathurāyāṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim ||

جَیَیشٹھ کے شُکل پکش کی دْوادشی کو غسل کرکے، حواس کو خوب قابو میں رکھ کر، جو متھرا میں ہری کے درشن کرتا ہے وہ اعلیٰ ترین گتی (منزلِ نجات) پاتا ہے۔

ज्येष्ठस्यof (the month) Jyeṣṭha
ज्येष्ठस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; 'ज्येष्ठ-मासस्य' इति सम्बन्धः (genitive relation)
शुक्ल-द्वादश्याम्on the bright fortnight’s Dvādaśī
शुक्ल-द्वादश्याम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—'शुक्ला या द्वादशी' (locative of time)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), 'having bathed'
सु-नियत-इन्द्रियःone with well-restrained senses
सु-नियत-इन्द्रियः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + नियत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'सु-नियतानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य सः' (one whose senses are well-controlled)
मथुरायाम्in Mathurā
मथुरायाम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/देशाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमथुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; देशाधिकरण (locative of place)
हरिम्Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), 'having seen'
प्राप्नोतिattains
प्राप्नोति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
परमाम्supreme
परमाम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; 'गतिम्' इति विशेषणम्
गतिम्destination/state
गतिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
A
Ancient Indian Geography
T
Tīrtha Studies

FAQs

It reflects Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya style: calendrical observances and pilgrimage acts are linked with soteriological outcomes, illustrating how ritual time and sacred space were literarily integrated.

Mathurā—classically identified with the historical city on the Yamunā River in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India, long attested as a major North Indian pilgrimage center.

Self-restraint (indriya-niyama) is presented as the qualifying discipline accompanying ritual bathing and pilgrimage.

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