Varaha Purana 113.45: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 45

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

त्वं मेरुर्मन्दरो विन्ध्यो मलयो दर्दुरो भवान्॥ हिमवान्निषधश्चासि सचक्रोऽसि वरायुधः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 113.45

Transliteration

tvaṃ merur mandaro vindhyo malayo darduro bhavān || himavān niṣadhaś cāsi sa-cakro 'si varāyudhaḥ

Translation

Du bist Meru, Mandara, Vindhya, Malaya und Dardura. Du bist Himavān und Niṣadha; du bist der Träger des Diskus, gerüstet mit erhabenen Waffen.

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Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे? (2nd person pronoun), एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative)

• मेरुः: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• मन्दरः: Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दरः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• विन्ध्यः: Vindhya (mountain)
• विन्ध्यः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• मलयः: Malaya (mountain)
• मलयः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• दर्दुरः: Dardura (mountain)
• दर्दुरः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्दुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्द (honorific pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• हिमवान्: Himavān / Himalaya
• हिमवान्: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• निषधः: Niṣadha (mountain)
• निषधः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सचक्रः: with the discus (cakra)
• सचक्रः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चक्र (प्रातिपदिक); स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह/सहितार्थे), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वरायुधः: having excellent weapons / best-armed
• वरायुधः: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर-आयुध (प्रातिपदिक); वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; address to Varāha/Viṣṇu)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a catalog of prominent mountain names spanning mythic (Meru, Mandara) and subcontinental (Vindhya, Himavān) geography, valuable for studying how Purāṇas map cultural space.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vindhya and Himavān correspond to major Indian mountain systems (Vindhya ranges and Himalayas), while Meru/Mandara function primarily as cosmographic or mythic reference points in many Sanskrit traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily asserts immanence—divinity described as present within landscapes—supporting a heritage-oriented reverence for natural features.