Varaha Purana 81.19: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 19

Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa

Devanagari script

एकैक्ये च शैलराजनि स्वयमेव गरुडो व्यवस्थितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.19

Transliteration

ekaikye ca śailarājani svayam eva garuḍo vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

हर पहाड़ पर गरुड़ खड़ा है। वो खुद वहीं रहता है।

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Word by Word

• ekaikye: in each (one)
• ekaikye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekaikya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in each (place/one-by-one)'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• śaila: mountain
• śaila: Viśeṣaṇa (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; first member in compound

• rājani: in the king of mountains
• rājani: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; śailarājani = 'in the king of mountains'

• svayam: by himself
• svayam: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (स्वयम्): 'by oneself'

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of emphasis (निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)

• garuḍaḥ: Garuḍa
• garuḍaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vyavasthitaḥ: is stationed; stands established
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava√sthā (धातु) + vyavasthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively with garuḍaḥ

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Mythic Topography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects the Purāṇic practice of assigning protective or symbolic presences to landscape features, shaping sacred geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse speaks generally of ‘mountain-kings’ rather than naming a single mountain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it portrays landscapes as guarded and meaningful, a framing compatible with cultural heritage preservation.