Varaha Purana 145.86: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 86

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

Devanagari script

नारङ्गैर्बदरिभिश्च जम्बीरैर्मातुलुङ्गकैः ॥ केतकीमल्लिकाजातीयूथिकाराजिराजितम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.86

Transliteration

nāraṅgair badarībhiś ca jambīrair mātuluṅgakaiḥ | ketakīmallikājātīyūthikārāji-rājitam ||

Translation

वहाँ संतरा और बेर के पेड़ हैं। नींबू और मातुलुंग के भी पेड़ हैं। फूलों की लाइन लगी है, केतकी, चमेली, जूही, सब से सजा है।

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Word by Word

• नारङ्गैः: with oranges
• नारङ्गैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• बदरिभिः: with jujube trees/berries
• बदरिभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

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

• जम्बीरैः: with lemons/citrons
• जम्बीरैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• मातुलुङ्गकैः: with matuluṅga fruits (citron)
• मातुलुङ्गकैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुलुङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• केतकी-मल्लिका-जाती-यूथिका-राजि-राजितम्: adorned with rows of ketakī, mallikā, jāti and yūthikā flowers
• केतकी-मल्लिका-जाती-यूथिका-राजि-राजितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतकी + मल्लिका + जाती + यूथिका + राजि (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार) + राजित (√राज्/√रञ्ज्? कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘राजित’ = ‘adorned’; समासः—(केतकी-मल्लिका-जाती-यूथिका)-राजि इति तत्पुरुषः, ततः ‘राजि-राजित’ इति तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ecological Narratives
• Ancient Botany (Ethnobotany)
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves terminology for fruits and ornamentals, useful for reconstructing classical Indian garden/forest imaginaries.

Which geographic location is identified?

A cultivated or semi-wild sacred grove landscape within the chapter; not uniquely locatable from this verse alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Aesthetic and ecological appreciation of plant diversity, supporting the idea of protected, life-supporting groves.