Varaha Purana 79.15: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 15

Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove

Devanagari script

अर्द्धक्रोशं च शिखरैर्महास्कन्धैः समावृतम् । प्रफुल्लशाखाशिखरं पिञ्जरं भाति तद्वनम् ॥ ७९.१५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 79.15

Transliteration

arddhakrośaṃ ca śikharair mahāskandhaiḥ samāvṛtam | praphullaśākhāśikharaṃ piñjaraṃ bhāti tad vanam || 79.15 ||

Translation

वो जंगल आधा क्रोस तक फैला है। बड़े पहाड़ और पेड़ के तने उससे घेरे हुए हैं। पेड़ की डालें फूली हुई हैं। वो सोने जैसा पीला चमकता है।

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Word by Word

• arddha-krośam: half a krośa (in measure)
• arddha-krośam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arddha (प्रातिपदिक) + krośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; measure-adjective ‘half a krośa (in extent)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Sam uccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• śikharaiḥ: with peaks/summits
• śikharaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana

• mahā-skandhaiḥ: with huge trunks
• mahā-skandhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + skandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; mahā-skandha = ‘great trunks/boughs’

• samāvṛtam: covered, surrounded
• samāvṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√vṛ (धातु) → samāvṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (past participle), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; विशेषणम्

• praphulla-śākhā-śikharam: with blossoming branch-tops
• praphulla-śākhā-śikharam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praphulla (प्रातिपदिक) + śākhā (प्रातिपदिक) + śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; ‘having peaks (tops) of blossoming branches’

• piñjaram: tawny, reddish-yellow
• piñjaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piñjara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; विशेषणम्

• bhāti: shines, appears
• bhāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; demonstrative adjective

• vanam: forest, grove
• vanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Description

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a stylized yet informative register of Purāṇic landscape description, combining traditional distance measures (krośa) with ecological imagery used in sacred-geographic narration.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is stated in this single verse; it describes a forested tract characterized by surrounding peaks and blossoming canopy, likely part of a broader sacred-geographic passage in Adhyāya 79.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical contribution is descriptive—foregrounding the value of natural landscapes as culturally significant spaces within Purāṇic sacred geography.