Varaha Purana 81.2: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

अतः परं पर्वतेषु देवानामवकाशा वर्ण्यन्ते।

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 81.2

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṁ parvateṣu devānām avakāśā varṇyante

Translation

Désormais sont décrites les demeures (séjours) des dieux sur les montagnes.

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Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore / from this
• ataḥ: Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverbial particle (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'therefore/from this'

• param: further / next
• param: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb = 'further/next'

• parvateṣu: on/in the mountains
• parvateṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• avakāśāḥ: spaces/places
• avakāśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• varṇyante: are described
• varṇyante: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: varṇ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a narrative transition into a catalog-like description of sacred or mythic geographies, a common Purāṇic method for preserving cultural memory of places.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single site is named in this verse; it introduces a sequence of mountain locations described in subsequent verses.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive; it frames attentiveness to place and landscape as a key theme of the chapter’s cultural-heritage geography.