Varaha Purana 76.9: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 9

Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities

Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography and City Descriptions (Purāṇic Topography)

Devanagari script

तस्याश्च दिक्षु विस्तीर्णा तत्तद्गुणसमन्विता । तेजोवती नाम पुरी हुताशस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७६.९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 76.9

Transliteration

tasyāś ca dikṣu vistīrṇā tattadguṇa-samanvitā | tejovatī nāma purī hutāśasya mahātmanaḥ || 76.9 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

उस जगह के चारों तरफ एक शहर फैला हुआ है। उसके सारे गुण हैं। इसका नाम तेजोवती है। यह अग्नि देव का शहर है, जो बड़े लोगों में से हैं।

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Word by Word

• तस्याः: of that (city/region)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दिक्षु: in the directions
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विस्तीर्णा: spread out / extensive
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: वि-स्तॄ (धातु)

• तत्-तत्-गुण-समन्विता: endowed with various corresponding qualities
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तत्-तत्-गुणैः समन्विता = endowed with those respective qualities); समन्वित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (सम्+अन्वि/इ → समन्वित)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: तद् + तद् + गुण + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजोवती: Tejovatī (name of a city)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name); वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: तेजस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable used to denote ‘by name’)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/apposition marker)
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)

• पुरी: city
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुताशस्य: of Hutāśa (Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (हुतम् अश्नाति इति = fire)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: हुताश (प्रातिपदिक)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying हुताशस्य); कर्मधारय-समासः (महत् + आत्मन्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• तस्याश्च = तस्याः + च
• तत्तद्गुणसमन्विता = तत्-तत्-गुण-समन्विता (समास)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Cosmic city / purāṇic cosmography

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious; receiving cosmographic instruction

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Cosmological order (loka-vyavasthā)

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesCosmology

Core idea

The cosmos is structured by dik (directions) and devatā-adhiṣṭhāna; qualities (guṇas) of places mirror their presiding powers.

In practice

Cultivate reverence for cosmic order—align ritual imagination (dik-bandha, agni-kārya) with the idea that space is sacralized by devatās.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-topographical cataloguing, where cities and regions are described through characteristic qualities and linked to mythic figures, aiding the reconstruction of cultural geography in Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

A city named Tejovatī is identified; the verse itself does not provide a modern correlating location, and scholarly identification would require comparison with parallel Purāṇic passages and regional toponymy.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical injunction appears in this verse; its primary function is descriptive—framing a heritage-geography narrative by associating a city (Tejovatī) with qualities and with Hutāśa (Agni).