Varaha Purana 77.11: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 11

Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees

Devanagari script

मन्दरस्य गिरेः शृङ्गे कदम्बो नाम पादपः । प्रलम्बशाखाशिखरः कदम्बश्चैत्यपादपः ॥ ७७.११ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 77.11

Transliteration

mandarasya gireḥ śṛṅge kadambo nāma pādapaḥ | pralambaśākhāśikharaḥ kadambaś caityapādapaḥ || 77.11 ||

Translation

मंदर पहाड़ी के ऊपर कदम्ब पेड़ है। इसकी डालें लंबी-लंबी फैली हैं। यह पेड़ बहुत पवित्र माना जाता है।

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Word by Word

• mandarasya: of Mandara
• mandarasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śṛṅge: on the peak
• śṛṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kadambaḥ: Kadamba tree
• kadambaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय), naming marker

• pādapaḥ: tree
• pādapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to kadambaḥ

• pralamba: hanging down/long
• pralamba: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pralamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective stem used as compound member

• śākhā: branches
• śākhā: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), stem as compound member

• śikharaḥ: having a summit with drooping branches
• śikharaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi: pralamba-śākhā-śikhara = 'whose top has drooping branches'

• kadambaḥ: Kadamba (tree)
• kadambaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• caitya: sacred/connected with a shrine
• caitya: Samāsa-aṅga (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective stem used as compound member

• pādapaḥ: sacred tree
• pādapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: caitya-pādapa = 'sacred tree'

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a micro-topography of a sacred landscape (Mandara) by recording a named tree and its shrine-associated status, reflecting how Purāṇic literature catalogs culturally important natural features as part of heritage geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mandara (Mandara mountain) is the named location; in scholarship it is treated as a mytho-geographic sacred mountain with multiple proposed identifications in South Asian sacred geography rather than a single uncontested modern site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse frames a specific tree as part of a sacralized environment, supporting an ethic of careful regard for notable natural entities within heritage landscapes (ecological stewardship through cultural valuation).