Shloka 6

Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi

Sanskrit

त्रिकटशिखराद्रिश्च कलिङ्गोऽथ पतङ्गकः । रुचकः सानुमांश्चाद्रिस्ताम्रकोऽथ विशाखवान् ॥

Transliteration

trikaṭaśikharādriś ca kaliṅgo ’tha pataṅgakaḥ | rucakaḥ sānumāṃś cādris tāmrako ’tha viśākhavān ||

Translation

Trikaṭaśikhara (der dreigipflige Berg), Kaliṅga, Pataṅgaka, Rucaka, Sānumān, Tāmraka und Viśākhavān—auch diese werden unter den beschriebenen Bergen mitgezählt.

Word by Word

• trikaṭaśikharādriḥ: Trikaṭaśikharādri (mountain with three-peaked summit; name)
• trikaṭaśikharādriḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trikaṭaśikharādri (प्रातिपदिक; trikaṭa+śikhara+adri)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kaliṅgaḥ: Kaliṅga (name of a mountain)
• kaliṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: then/also
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक अव्यय)

• pataṅgakaḥ: Pataṅgaka (name of a mountain)
• pataṅgakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pataṅgaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• rucakaḥ: Rucaka (name of a mountain)
• rucakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rucaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• sānumān: Sānumān (having ridges/slopes; name of a mountain)
• sānumān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānumat (प्रातिपदिक; sa+anumant)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); possessive -mān (मतुप्)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• adriḥ: Adri (mountain; name)
• adriḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tāmrakaḥ: Tāmraka (name of a mountain)
• tāmrakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: then/also
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक अव्यय)

• viśākhavān: Viśākhavān (having branches/forks; name of a mountain)
• viśākhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśākhavat (प्रातिपदिक; viśākha+vat)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); possessive -vān (मतुप्/वन् प्रत्यय)

Speakers

• Not within Devi Mahatmyam; cosmographic narration (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred Geography
• Toponymy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By preserving names and features (three-peaked, copper-colored, many-branched), the Purana treats nature as intelligible and worthy of remembrance—an implicit ethic of reverent attention.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary cosmography; it supports the Purana’s world-framework commonly grouped with sarga/pratisarga materials.

What is the esoteric significance?

Qualitative names (color, form, branching) can be read as symbolic ‘guṇa-signs’—the cosmos is not neutral matter but a textured field of meaning.