Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 50

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

सूर्पारका कारिवना दुर्गास्तालीकटैः सह पुलीयाः ससिनीलाश्च तापसास्तामसास्तथा

Transliteration

sūrpārakā kārivanā durgāstālīkaṭaiḥ saha pulīyāḥ sasinīlāśca tāpasāstāmasāstathā

Translation

সূর্পারক, কারিবনা ও দুর্গ—তালীকটদের সঙ্গে; আর পুলীয়, সসিনীল; তদ্রূপ তাপস ও তামস (গোষ্ঠী)।

Word by Word

• sūrpārakāḥ: Sūrpārakas
• sūrpārakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrpāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (normalized from sūrpārakā to plural by context)

• kārivanāḥ: Kārivanas
• kārivanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārivana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (normalized from kārivanā)

• durgāḥ: Durgas (a people)
• durgāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (as people-name; form identical to f.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tālīkaṭaiḥ: with the Tālīkaṭas
• tālīkaṭaiḥ: Sahārtha (सहार्थ/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tālīkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ/Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; 'with' governing instrumental

• pulīyāḥ: Pulīyas
• pulīyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• sa-sinīlāḥ: together with the Sinīlas / having Sinīlas
• sa-sinīlāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + sinīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective qualifying pulīyāḥ; 'sa-' = 'with'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• tāpasāḥ: Tāpasas (ascetics/people-name)
• tāpasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tāmasāḥ: Tāmasas
• tāmasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tathā: and likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb/conjunction meaning 'thus/also'

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa narrative framing)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Puranic Gazetteer
• Pilgrimage-world contextualization

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By naming coastal towns, forests, and fortified settlements, the text frames human civilization (trade coasts, wilderness, forts, ascetic zones) as encompassed by dharma’s geography—suggesting that sacred order is not confined to one habitat-type.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is descriptive deśa/bhūmi-varṇana material (world/region description), typically ancillary to the five marks but common in Purāṇas as part of cosmographical and cultural catalogues.

What is the symbolic significance?

The juxtaposition of 'forest' (vana), 'fort' (durga), and named peoples implies the integration of wild and settled spaces into a single sacred cartography—useful for tīrtha narratives that link remote places to merit.