Shloka 41

Devanagari script

विद्रुमो हेमशैलश् च द्युतिमान् पुष्पवांस् तथा कुशेशयो हरिश् चैव सप्तमो मन्दराचलः

Transliteration

vidrumo hemaśailaś ca dyutimān puṣpavāṃs tathā kuśeśayo hariś caiva saptamo mandarācalaḥ

Translation

These mountains are Vidrumā and Hemaśaila; Dyutimān and Puṣpavān; Kuśeśaya and Hari; and as the seventh, the great Mandarācala.

Word by Word

• विद्रुमः: Vidrum(a) (name of a mountain)
• विद्रुमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हेमशैलः: Hemaśaila (golden mountain)
• हेमशैलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'हेमस्य शैलः'

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

• द्युतिमान्: Dyutimān (the radiant one; name)
• द्युतिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• पुष्पवान्: Puṣpavān (flower-bearing; name)
• पुष्पवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कुशेशयः: Kuśeśaya (name)
• कुशेशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक) + ईशय/शय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• हरिः: Hari (name)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• सप्तमः: seventh
• सप्तमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• मन्दराचलः: Mandarācala (Mandara mountain)
• मन्दराचलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'मन्दरः अचलः'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Sacred geography and the ordered structure of the dvīpas (mountain supports/boundaries).

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Cosmic order (niyati) is expressed through fixed supports—mountain-ranges that demarcate and stabilize the regions of a dvīpa.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Contemplate the Purāṇic vision of order and restraint (maryādā) as a model for inner discipline and ethical boundaries.

Vishishtadvaita: The world’s structured arrangement is meaningful and sustained within the Lord’s governance, affirming a real, ordered jagat rather than an illusory one.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Mandarācala (Mandara Mountain)
• Vidruma
• Hemaśaila
• Dyutimān
• Puṣpavān
• Kuśeśaya
• Hari

FAQs

What is the significance of these mountains in the Vishnu Purana?

They function as named principal/boundary mountains in the Purāṇic description of Jambudvīpa, marking the ordered layout of the world and its divisions.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmology to Maitreya here?

He proceeds by enumerating geographic constituents—varṣas, rivers, and mountains—using authoritative lists that present the cosmos as a structured, intelligible order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when the verse is purely geographic, the Vishnu Purana frames such order as ultimately grounded in Viṣṇu’s sovereignty—cosmic structure is an expression of the Supreme Reality sustaining the worlds.