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Varaha Purana 214.58: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 58

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

अहोरात्र तथा पक्षाः मासाः संवत्सरास्तथा ॥ द्यौर्मेदिनी दिशश्चैव विदिशश्च समागताः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 214.58

ahorātra tathā pakṣāḥ māsāḥ saṃvatsarās tathā || dyaur medinī diśaś caiva vidiśaś ca samāgatāḥ

दिन रात, पक्ष, महीने और साल सब आ गए। आसमान और धरती भी आ गई। चारों दिशाएँ और उनके बीच की जगह भी सब आ गई।

अहोरात्रम्day and night
अहोरात्रम्:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (अहः+रात्रम्)
तथाalso
तथा:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक (also/likewise)
पक्षाःfortnights
पक्षाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
मासाःmonths
मासाः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
संवत्सराःyears
संवत्सराः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
तथाalso
तथा:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also)
द्यौःthe sky/heaven
द्यौः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
मेदिनीthe earth
मेदिनी:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/indeed)
विदिशःthe intermediate directions
विदिशः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
समागताःassembled / came together
समागताः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle/कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सम्+आ+गम्’ = come together/assemble

Varāha (default, dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
A
Ancient Geography

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It documents a cosmographic worldview where time and space are treated as enumerable entities that can be poetically personified as participants in a sacred narrative setting.

No single location is named; instead, spatial categories (directions, intermediate directions) are invoked as a totalizing map of space.

The verse does not prescribe conduct; it frames a comprehensive cosmic order integrating temporal cycles and spatial orientation.

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