Varaha Purana 214.40: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

उर्वशी मेनका रम्भा पञ्चस्या च तथापरा ॥ एताश्चान्याश्च तच्छैलमाजग्मुर्देवयोषितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 214.40

Transliteration

urvaśī menakā rambhā pañcasyā ca tathāparā || etāś cānyāś ca tacchailam ājagmur devayoṣitaḥ ||

Translation

उर्वशी, मेनका, रंभा और पंचस्या आई। इनके अलावा और भी देवियों ने उस पहाड़ का रास्ता लिया।

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Word by Word

• उर्वशी: Urvaśī
• उर्वशी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वशी (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरानाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मेनका: Menakā
• मेनका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरानाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रम्भा: Rambhā
• रम्भा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरानाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पञ्चस्या: Pañcāsyā
• पञ्चस्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चास्य (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरानाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि (नाम): पञ्च आस्यानि यस्याः सा

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

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

• अपरा: another (one)
• अपरा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (another)

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अन्याः: others
• अन्याः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्-शैलम्: that mountain
• तत्-शैलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/सर्वनामपूर्वपद-समास: तत् शैलम्

• आजग्मुः: came/arrived
• आजग्मुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• देवयोषितः: divine women (apsarases)
• देवयोषितः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां योषितः

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Apsaras Traditions
• Sacred Mountains
• Mythography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Named apsarases recur across Sanskrit literature; their appearance here helps trace shared mythic repertoires and the aesthetics of assembly scenes.

Which geographic location is identified?

The destination is ‘that mountain’ (tacchaila), continuing the Mauñjavant-centered setting without adding a new toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive; it supports a cultural model where sacred places attract diverse participants, emphasizing shared cultural space rather than exclusion.