Varaha Purana 81.76: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 76

Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa

Devanagari script

तस्यैव दक्षिणे पार्श्वे बिलप्रवेशनगरम् ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.76

Transliteration

tasyaiva dakṣiṇe pārśve bilapraveśa-nagaram

Translation

An seiner Südflanke befindet sich die Stadt namens Bilapraveśa („Höhleneingang“).

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle/निपात)

• दक्षिणे: on the southern
• दक्षिणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (used locatively: ‘on the southern side’)

• पार्श्वे: at the side/flank
• पार्श्वे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• बिलप्रवेश-नगरम्: the city called ‘Cave-Entrance’ / a cave-entry city
• बिलप्रवेश-नगरम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bila + praveśa + nagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘city of cave-entry/entrance into a cave’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Mytho-Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a toponym built from descriptive Sanskrit compounds, a common mechanism for encoding landscape features into place-names.

Which geographic location is identified?

Bilapraveśa-nagara, presented as a city associated with a cave/entry feature; modern identification is uncertain and may be symbolic within Purāṇic geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive; any ethical implication is indirect—recognizing and carefully transmitting knowledge of terrain and settlement patterns.