Varaha Purana 75.4: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 4

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

सप्तद्वीपान् प्रवक्ष्यामि चन्द्रादित्यग्रहैः सह । येषां मनुष्यास्तर्केण प्रमाणानि प्रचक्षते ॥ ७५.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.4

Transliteration

saptadvīpān pravakṣyāmi candrādityagrahaiḥ saha | yeṣāṃ manuṣyās tarkeṇa pramāṇāni pracakṣate || 75.4 ||

Translation

«سأشرح الدْوِيبَات السبع (dvīpa) مع الأجرام القمرية والشمسية؛ وفي شأنها يبيّن الناس، بالاستدلال العقلي، المقادير (ومعايير المعرفة).»

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Word by Word

• सप्तद्वीपान्: the seven continents
• सप्तद्वीपान्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (सप्त संख्या-पूर्वकः)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चन्द्रादित्यग्रहैः: with the planets such as the moon and the sun
• चन्द्रादित्यग्रहैः: सह/साधन (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + आदित्य + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष (चन्द्रादित्यादयः ग्रहाः)

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• येषाम्: of which/whose
• येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• मनुष्याः: people/humans
• मनुष्याः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तर्केण: by reasoning
• तर्केण: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• प्रमाणानि: measures/standards
• प्रमाणानि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• प्रचक्षते: declare/describe
• प्रचक्षते: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Cosmological Taxonomy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces a structured cosmographic account (the seven dvīpas) and frames it with an epistemic note on human reasoning (tarka) and standards of knowledge/measurement (pramāṇa), reflecting how Purāṇic texts often integrate cosmology with methods of description and verification.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single terrestrial location is named in this verse; it signals an upcoming description of the seven dvīpas, a Purāṇic cosmographic model rather than a directly mappable modern geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction emphasizes careful articulation of cosmological knowledge using recognized standards (pramāṇas) and reasoning (tarka).