Varaha Purana 75.63: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

त्रिंशच्चापि सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः । तस्य केसरजालानि विकीर्णानि समन्ततः ॥ ७५.६३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.63

Transliteration

triṁśaccāpi sahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ pramāṇataḥ | tasya kesarajālāni vikīrṇāni samantataḥ || 75.63 ||

Translation

योजना से नाप के हिसाब से, तीस हज़ार तक जाता है। उस कमल के केसर की लकीरें चारों तरफ फैली हुई हैं।

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Word by Word

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• त्रिंशत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/measure-genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रमाणतः: according to measure
• प्रमाणतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/standard)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रमाणतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'according to measure'

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• केसरजालानि: nets/clusters of filaments
• केसरजालानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केसर-जाल (प्रातिपदिक); केसर + जाल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विकीर्णानि: scattered/spread out
• विकीर्णानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-कॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (agrees with केसरजालानि)

• समन्ततः: all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverb); 'from all sides/entirely around'

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Measures
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic mode of cosmographic description using traditional units (yojana) and vivid anatomical imagery, reflecting premodern Indian geographic imagination and measurement discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is stated in this verse fragment; it describes extent and surrounding dispersion (samantataḥ) without naming a particular site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions descriptively within a broader cosmological-geographic narrative frame.