Varaha Purana 79.3: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 3

Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove

Devanagari script

द्रोणमात्रप्रमाणैश्च पुण्डरीकैः सुगन्धिभिः । सहस्रशतपत्रैश्च महापद्मैरलङ्कृतम् ॥ ७९.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 79.3

Transliteration

droṇamātrapramāṇaiś ca puṇḍarīkaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ | sahasraśatapatraiś ca mahāpadmair alaṅkṛtam || 79.3 ||

Translation

Es war geschmückt mit duftenden weißen Lotosblüten (puṇḍarīka) von der Größe eines Maßes von einem Droṇa und mit großen Lotosblüten (mahāpadma) mit tausend oder hundert Blättern.

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Word by Word

• द्रोण-मात्र-प्रमाणैः: with measures of droṇa-size
• द्रोण-मात्र-प्रमाणैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/साधनवाचक—‘द्रोणमात्र’ (of the measure of a droṇa) इति तत्पुरुषः, तेन ‘प्रमाण’ (measure/size)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पुण्डरीकैः: with white lotuses (puṇḍarīkas)
• पुण्डरीकैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सुगन्धिभिः: fragrant
• सुगन्धिभिः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण—पुण्डरीकादीनां गुणः

• सहस्र-शत-पत्रैः: with (having) a thousand-and-a-hundred petals
• सहस्र-शत-पत्रैः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वपद) ‘सहस्रशत’ (1100) + ‘पत्र’ (petal)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• महा-पद्मैः: with great lotuses
• महा-पद्मैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय—‘महत्’ इति विशेषणपूर्वक ‘पद्म’

• अलङ्कृतम्: adorned
• अलङ्कृतम्: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicative adjective of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + अलम् (उपसर्गवत्) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘decorated/adorned’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Aesthetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-geography style, using botanical and measurement vocabulary to lend vivid, quasi-topographical detail to a tīrtha-like setting.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name appears in this single verse; it functions as a descriptive unit within a broader passage that likely names the site in adjacent verses.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The fragment does not state an explicit moral injunction; its implicit philosophical emphasis is on attentive appreciation and careful description of natural-cultural landscapes.