Varaha Purana 81.27: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

वसुधारे च पर्वतवरे मुनिसिद्धविद्याधराणामायतनम् ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.27

Transliteration

vasudhāre ca parvatavare munisiddhavidyādharāṇām āyatanam

Translation

वसुधारा में एक बड़ा पहाड़ है। उस पहाड़ पर रिशि, सिद्ध और विद्याधर रहते हैं। यह उन सबका घर है।

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Word by Word

• वसुधारे: in Vasudhārā (place)
• वसुधारे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पर्वतवरे: on the excellent mountain
• पर्वतवरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत-वर (प्रातिपदिक; पर्वत + वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (determinative: 'best of mountains')

• मुनि-सिद्ध-विद्याधराणाम्: of sages, siddhas, and vidyādharas
• मुनि-सिद्ध-विद्याधराणाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सिद्ध + विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (copulative: 'munis, siddhas, and vidyādharas')

• आयतनम्: (it is) an abode
• आयतनम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Puranic Catalogues

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents how Purāṇas classify sacred landscapes through the presence of exemplary communities (munis, siddhas, vidyādharas), functioning like a cultural gazetteer.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vasudhārā is named again, now characterized by an 'excellent mountain' associated with ascetic and semi-divine residents.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames the mountain as a shared habitat for revered beings, supporting a principle of conserving places regarded as refuges of learning and discipline.