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Varaha Purana 214.34: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 34

The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat

आगतावश्विनौ देवौ मौञ्जवन्तं महागिरिम् ॥ विश्वेदेवाश्च साध्याश्च गुरुश्च तपसान्वितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 214.34

āgatāv aśvinau devau mauñjavantaṃ mahāgirim || viśvedevāś ca sādhyāś ca guruś ca tapasānvitaḥ ||

अश्विन देवता बड़े पहाड़ मौंजवंत पहुँच गए। विश्वेदेव और साध्यस भी आए। गुरु भी आए, जो तप की शक्ति से भरे थे।

आगतौcame/arrived
आगतौ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP), प्रथमा (1st) द्विवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; 'having come' (predicate)
अश्विनौthe two Aśvins
अश्विनौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) द्विवचन
देवौthe two gods
देवौ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) द्विवचन; apposition to अश्विनौ
मौञ्जवन्तम्(to) Mauñjavat
मौञ्जवन्तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमौञ्जवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; object of motion
महागिरिम्the great mountain
महागिरिम्:
Karma (कर्म) (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'great mountain'; in apposition to मौञ्जवन्तम्
विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas
विश्वेदेवाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वे (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; karmadhāraya: 'all-gods' (Viśvedevas)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction
साध्याःthe Sādhyas
साध्याः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction
गुरुःGuru (Bṛhaspati)
गुरुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction
तपसाwith austerity
तपसा:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण) एकवचन; instrumental: 'with austerity'
अन्वितःendowed with
अन्वितः:
Karta (कर्ता) (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्वि-इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP), प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; qualifies गुरुः: 'endowed/associated'

Varāha (default speaker framework)

P
Purāṇic Literature
A
Ancient Geography
D
Deva Taxonomies
S
Sanskrit Onomastics

FAQs

It provides a named sacred mountain (Mauñjavant) and lists deity-classes, aiding reconstruction of Purāṇic pilgrimage imaginaries and divine hierarchies.

Mauñjavant (a named mountain). Its precise modern identification is debated in scholarship and may overlap with Himalayan or trans-Himalayan sacred geography traditions.

The emphasis on tapas (ascetic discipline) as a revered quality suggests an ethical valuation of self-restraint and spiritual effort.

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