Shloka 82

Matsya Purana — Cosmography of Śākadvīpa and Successive Dvīpas: Mountains

Devanagari script

अन्धकारात्परे चापि देवावृन् नाम पर्वतः देवावृतः परेणापि पुण्डरीको महान्गिरिः //

Transliteration

andhakārātpare cāpi devāvṛn nāma parvataḥ devāvṛtaḥ pareṇāpi puṇḍarīko mahāngiriḥ //

Translation

Beyond the region called ‘Darkness’ (Andhakāra) there is a mountain named Devāvṛn; and beyond Devāvṛta again stands the great mountain Puṇḍarīka.

Word by Word

• अन्धकारात् (andhakārāt): from/beyond Darkness

• परे (pare): beyond, further

• च (ca): and

• अपि (api): also

• देवावृन् (devāvṛn): Devāvṛn (proper name)

• नाम (nāma): named/called

• पर्वतः (parvataḥ): mountain

• देवावृतः (devāvṛtaḥ): Devāvṛta (proper name/‘enclosed by gods’)

• परेण (pareṇa): beyond, further than

• अपि (api): again/also

• पुण्डरीकः (puṇḍarīkaḥ): Puṇḍarīka (proper name/‘white lotus’)

• महान् (mahān): great

• गिरिः (giriḥ): mountain

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (Vishnu) instructing Vaivasvata Manu

Entities Mentioned

• Andhakāra
• Devāvṛn
• Devāvṛta
• Puṇḍarīka

Tags

• Cosmography
• Sacred Geography
• Mountains
• Puranic World Map
• Matsya Purana

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya; it belongs to the Matsya Purana’s cosmographic mapping, naming mountains located beyond the region termed Andhakāra.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Directly it does not prescribe dharma; indirectly, it reflects the Purana’s ideal of a ruler learning sacred geography and cosmology as part of comprehensive śāstric knowledge.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or ritual rule is stated here; the significance is primarily geographic-cosmological—cataloguing sacred mountains used in Purāṇic descriptions of the universe.