Varaha Purana 77.12: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

महाकुम्भप्रमाणेश्च पुष्पैर्विकचकेसरैः । महागन्धबनोञ्ञैश्च शोभितः सर्वकालजैः ॥ ७७.१२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 77.12

Transliteration

mahākumbhapramāṇeś ca puṣpair vikacakesaraiḥ | mahāgandhabanojñaiś ca śobhitaḥ sarvakālajaiḥ || 77.12 ||

Translation

यह एक बड़ा पानी का बर्तन जैसा है। फूलों से सजा है, जिनके बीज खुले हैं। हर मौसम के पेड़-पौधे हैं, और जंगल में इतनी खुशबू है।

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Word by Word

• महाकुम्भप्रमाणेः: of the measure of a great jar (i.e., huge in size)
• महाकुम्भप्रमाणेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकुम्भ-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक; महा+कुम्भ + प्रमाण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोगः (qualifying)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: करण (करणम्/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• विकचकेसरैः: with fully-bloomed stamens
• विकचकेसरैः: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकच-केसर (प्रातिपदिक; विकच + केसर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'flowers')

• महागन्धबनोञ्ञैः: with forest-fragrances (very sweet-smelling)
• महागन्धबनोञ्ञैः: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महागन्ध-वनोज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; महा+गन्ध + वनोज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'flowers')

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शोभितः: adorned, beautified
• शोभितः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभित (कृदन्त; √शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वकालजैः: born in all seasons; perennial
• सर्वकालजैः: करण (instrumental accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकालज (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व+काल + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the adorning items/flowers)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Sacred Geography
• Ecological Aesthetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic descriptive geography (māhātmya-style), using standardized metaphors of measure and sensory detail (fragrance, blossoms) to characterize an idealized landscape within the Varāha Purāṇa’s broader earth-centered narrative frame.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit toponym appears in this single verse; it functions as a descriptive unit likely referring to a site or grove discussed in the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 77.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse values cultivated or protected landscapes—flourishing, fragrant forests and perennial growth—supporting an ecological ethic of stewardship through praise of sustained natural abundance.