Varaha Purana 75.7: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

शतमेकें सहस्राणां योजनानां समन्ततः । नानाजनपदाकीर्णं योजनेर्विविधैः शुभैः ॥ ७५.७ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 75.7

Transliteration

śatamekaṃ sahasrāṇāṃ yojanānāṃ samantataḥ | nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ yojanair vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ || 75.7 ||

Translation

ويمتدّ من كلّ جانب مئةَ ألفِ يوجانا، وهو مكتظّ بأقاليم كثيرة (janapada)، محدَّدة بمقاييس شتّى من اليوجانا على وجهٍ مبارك.

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Word by Word

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण) — measure/extent (implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; numeral used substantively

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying śatam

• sahasrāṇām: of thousands
• sahasrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — ‘of thousands’
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• samantataḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyayam; adverb of place ‘on all sides’

• nānā-janapada-ākīrṇam: filled with various countries/peoples
• nānā-janapada-ākīrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) — (jambūdvīpam/varṣam implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + janapada (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-kīrṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṝ/√kīr (धातु))
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘ākīrṇa’ (covered/filled) with upasarga ā-; tatpuruṣa: ‘nānā-janapadaiḥ ākīrṇam’ (instrumental sense within compound)

• yojanaiḥ: by yojanas
• yojanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) — measure
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/Napuṁsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; agreeing with yojanaiḥ

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious/fine
• śubhaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/Napuṁsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; agreeing with yojanaiḥ

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic methods of describing space through traditional units (yojana) and regional divisions (janapada), offering evidence for how early Sanskrit texts conceptualized large-scale geography and territorial organization.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single named location is specified in this verse; it provides a generalized description of extent and the presence of multiple janapadas, likely as part of a broader regional or cosmographic account in the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily functions descriptively rather than normatively; its philosophical implication is an ordered view of inhabited space—measured, differentiated into regions, and framed as culturally significant geography.