Shloka 3

ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्

Devanagari script

पुनश् च मधुसंज्ञेन दैत्येनाधिष्ठितं यतः ततो मधुवनं नाम्ना ख्यातम् अत्र महीतले

Transliteration

punaś ca madhusaṃjñena daityenādhiṣṭhitaṃ yataḥ tato madhuvanaṃ nāmnā khyātam atra mahītale

Translation

আৰু পুনৰ, ‘মধু’ নামৰ দৈত্যে এই অঞ্চল অধিষ্ঠান কৰি শাসন কৰিছিল বুলি, মর্ত্যত ই ‘মধুবন’ নামে খ্যাত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मधुसंज्ञेन: by (one) named Madhu
• मधुसंज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular masculine); ‘मधु-नाम्ना’

• दैत्येन: by the demon
• दैत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular masculine)

• अधिष्ठितम्: occupied, ruled over
• अधिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → अधिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (past passive participle; here predicative)

• यतः: because, from which
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय; यद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: हेतु/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘because/from which’)

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (therefore/then)

• मधुवनम्: Madhu-forest; Madhuvana
• मधुवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + वन (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular neuter)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular neuter); ‘नाम्ना’ = ‘by name/as named’

• ख्यातम्: became known, was famed
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (past passive participle; predicative)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• महीतले: on the surface of the earth
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + तल (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular neuter)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Etymology and historical naming of Madhuvana due to the Daitya Madhu

Teaching: Historical

Quality: explanatory

Characters & Entities

• Madhu (Daitya)
• Madhuvana

FAQs

What is the significance of Madhuvana in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse explains Madhuvana’s significance as an etymological memory: the forest is named after the Daitya Madhu who once occupied and ruled that region.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the origin of place-names in this context?

Parāśara links geography to narrative history—places become “known by name” due to a defining event or ruler, preserving cultural memory through toponyms.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when describing a Daitya’s rule, the Purana frames the world as an ordered, knowable realm whose histories and names are preserved within a larger dharmic cosmos ultimately governed by Vishnu’s sovereignty.