Varaha Purana 75.36: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 36

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण च । उदगायतो महाशैलो माल्यवान्नाम पर्वतः ॥ ७५.३६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.36

Transliteration

dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa ca | udagāyato mahāśailo mālyavān nāma parvataḥ || 75.36 ||

Translation

नील पर्वत के दक्षिण में एक बड़ा पर्वत है। निषध पर्वत के उत्तर में भी यही है। इसका नाम माल्यवान है और यह उत्तर की तरफ चला गया है।

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Word by Word

• दक्षिणेन: to the south (of)
• दक्षिणेन: अधिकरण/करण (Adhikaraṇa/Instrumental of direction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/मार्गवाचक-तृतीया — 'by/at the south of'

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम्

• नीलस्य: of (Mount) Nīla
• नीलस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• निषधस्य: of (Mount) Niṣadha
• निषधस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उत्तरेण: to the north (of)
• उत्तरेण: अधिकरण/करण (Adhikaraṇa/Instrumental of direction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; दिशावाचक-तृतीया — 'to the north of'

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम्

• उदगायतः: stretching northwards
• उदगायतः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदक् (अव्यय/दिशा) + आयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः (उदक् + आयत = उत्तराभिमुख/उत्तरदिशि आयतः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• महाशैलः: the great mountain
• महाशैलः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• माल्यवान्: Mālyavān
• माल्यवान्: समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य (Apposition to महाशैलः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष्य-नाम (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable: 'named/called')

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic convention: landscapes are mapped through relational positioning (south/north) among named mountain ranges, reflecting an early Indian literary method of describing space and sacred geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse identifies Mālyavān as a major mountain situated between the mythic/cosmographic ranges Nīla and Niṣadha; modern scholarship generally treats such names as elements of Purāṇic cosmology rather than straightforward one-to-one identifications with a single present-day mountain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the passage functions primarily as a descriptive catalog of terrestrial features, contributing to a broader cultural-heritage framing of the Earth as an ordered, nameable landscape.