Varaha Purana 82.5: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 5

The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division

Devanagari script

सा च चतुरशीतिसहस्रोच्छ्राया ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.5

Transliteration

sā ca caturaśītisahasrocchrāyā |

Translation

وله ارتفاعٌ (أو علوّ) قدره أربعةٌ وثمانون ألفًا.

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Word by Word

• sā: she / that (river)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• caturaśīti-sahasra-ucchrāyā: (having) a height of eighty-four thousand
• caturaśīti-sahasra-ucchrāyā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturaśīti (प्रातिपदिक, संख्या) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + ucchrāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) qualifying ‘sā (nadī)’; meaning ‘having height of 84,000’

Speaker

Rudra

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Measurements
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Large-number measurements are characteristic of Purāṇic cosmography, conveying grandeur and cosmic scale rather than modern empirical units.

Which geographic location is identified?

None explicitly; the measurement pertains to the described river/celestial feature.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

None; the verse is descriptive and cosmographic.