Varaha Purana 215.25: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 25

Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest

Devanagari script

पीनोन्नतकटीस्कन्धं निमग्नांसशिरोधरम् ॥ बिम्बोष्ठं ताम्रजिह्वास्यं दंष्ट्राङ्कुरविराजितम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 215.25

Transliteration

pīnonnatakaṭīskandhaṁ nimagnāṁsaśirodharam || bimboṣṭhaṁ tāmrajihvāsyaṁ daṁṣṭrāṅkuravirājitam ||

Translation

उसके कंधे और कमर उभरी हुई थी। उसका गला और सिर नीचे लग रहा था। उसके होंठ लाल थे जैसे इमली का फल हो। जीभ तांबे जैसी थी और निकलते हुए दाँत चमक रहे थे।

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Word by Word

• पीन-उन्नत-कटी-स्कन्धम्: with stout, raised hips and shoulders
• पीन-उन्नत-कटी-स्कन्धम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्नत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + कटी (प्रातिपदिक) + स्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; descriptive compound: 'with full and raised hips and shoulders'

• निमग्न-अंस-शिरः-धरम्: with drooping shoulders and neck/head
• निमग्न-अंस-शिरः-धरम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निमग्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अंस (प्रातिपदिक) + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; descriptive compound: 'having sunk shoulders and head-bearing (neck)'

• बिम्ब-ओष्ठम्: with bimba-like lips
• बिम्ब-ओष्ठम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + ओष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय 'bimba-like lips'

• ताम्र-जिह्वा-आस्यम्: with a copper-colored tongue and mouth
• ताम्र-जिह्वा-आस्यम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; descriptive compound: 'having a coppery tongue and mouth'

• दंष्ट्रा-अङ्कुर-विराजितम्: shining with budding tusks
• दंष्ट्रा-अङ्कुर-विराजितम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्कुर (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) as final member; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'made splendid by tusk-sprouts (emerging tusks)'

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Descriptive Style
• Mythic Motifs

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What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic descriptive register that blends zoological imagination with poetic compounds, useful for philological study of late-classical Sanskrit.

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The ethical content is indirect here; the verse heightens narrative attention before a consequential encounter, a common didactic technique.