Varaha Purana 86.19: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 19

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

सैव नारदो वर्ण्यते तस्मिंश्च नारदपर्वतादुत्पन्नो तस्य चापरेण श्यामो नाम गिरिः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.19

Transliteration

saiva nārado varṇyate tasmiṃś ca nāradaparvatād utpanno tasya cāpareṇa śyāmo nāma giriḥ

Translation

Derselbe Berg wird als Nāradā beschrieben; und dort, aus dem Nāradaparvata hervorgegangen, liegt auf seiner ferneren Seite ein Berg namens Śyāma.

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Word by Word

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वर्ण्यते: is described
• वर्ण्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• नारदपर्वतात्: from the Nārada-mountain
• नारदपर्वतात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• उत्पन्नः: arisen/originated
• उत्पन्नः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• अपरेण: by another/with another
• अपरेण: Karana (करण/means; ‘by/with another’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्यामः: Śyāma (name)
• श्यामः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate ‘by name’)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic naming practices (one feature bearing multiple appellations) and a genealogical-style description of landforms ('arising from' another mountain).

Which geographic location is identified?

Nāradā/Nāradaparvata and the adjacent Śyāma mountain within Kūśadvīpa; these are typically treated as cosmographic rather than empirically locatable.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage is descriptive; its philosophical function is to map an ordered cosmos rather than prescribe conduct.