Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 18

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

ऋष्यमूकः सगोमन्तश्चित्रकूटः कृतस्मरः श्रीपर्वतः कोङ्गणश्च शतशऽन्ये ऽपि पर्वताः

Transliteration

ṛṣyamūkaḥ sagomantaścitrakūṭaḥ kṛtasmaraḥ śrīparvataḥ koṅgaṇaśca śataśa'nye 'pi parvatāḥ

Translation

Sont mentionnés Ṛṣyamūka, (Su)gomanta, Citrakūṭa, Kṛtasmara, Śrīparvata et Koṅgaṇa, ainsi que des centaines d’autres montagnes.

Word by Word

• ऋष्यमूकः: Ṛṣyamūka (mountain)
• ऋष्यमूकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्यमूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सगोमन्तः: Sa-gomanta (Gomanta)
• सगोमन्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + गोमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सह-पूर्वकः: 'with Gomanta'/name)

• चित्रकूटः: Citrakūṭa (mountain)
• चित्रकूटः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (चित्रः कूटः)

• कृतस्मरः: Kṛtasmara (mountain)
• कृतस्मरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (कृतः स्मरः / name)

• श्रीपर्वतः: Śrīparvata (mountain)
• श्रीपर्वतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (श्रियाः पर्वतः / 'Śrī-parvata')

• कोङ्गणः: Koṅgaṇa (mountain/region-name)
• कोङ्गणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• शतशः: in hundreds
• शतशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/परिमाणार्थक (adverb: 'by hundreds/in hundreds')

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied 'पर्वताः')

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (particle: 'also/even')

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Pulastya to Narada (typical Vamana Purana dialogue frame; not explicitly stated in the input verses)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Epic-Puranic Continuity
• Cultural Memory of Places

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By implying ‘hundreds more,’ the text gestures to the inexhaustibility of sacred space: dharma is not confined to one shrine or sect. The ethical lesson is inclusivity—many places and practices can orient one toward the divine.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is catalogic/cosmographic support material commonly embedded in Purāṇas; it is not primarily vamśa (genealogies) or manvantara narrative, but a world-mapping that undergirds tīrtha-mahātmya and ritual movement.

What is the symbolic significance?

Invoking epic-linked mountains (Citrakūṭa, Ṛṣyamūka) symbolically imports the moral landscapes of the epics into the Purāṇic universe, reinforcing that geography is a repository of dharma remembered through stories.