Varaha Purana 81.31: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

सुरराक्षसाः पञ्चकूटे दानवाः शतशृङ्गे यक्षाणां पुरशतम् ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.31

Transliteration

surarākṣasāḥ pañcakūṭe dānavāḥ śataśṛṅge yakṣāṇāṁ puraśatam

Translation

पंचकूट पहाड़ पर देवता और राक्षस रहते हैं। शतशृंग पहाड़ पर दानव हैं। यक्षों के सौ शहर हैं।

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Word by Word

• सुर-राक्षसाः: gods and rākṣasas
• सुर-राक्षसाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः ('gods and rākṣasas')

• पञ्च-कूटे: in Pañcakūṭa (five-peaked place)
• पञ्च-कूटे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः ('five-peaked (mountain/place)')

• दानवाः: Dānavas
• दानवाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शत-शृङ्गे: in Śataśṛṅga (hundred-peaked place)
• शत-शृङ्गे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः ('hundred-peaked (mountain/place)')

• यक्षाणाम्: of the Yakṣas
• यक्षाणाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पुर-शतम्: a hundred cities
• पुर-शतम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः ('a hundred cities')

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Puranic Catalogues
• Mythic Ethnography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates Purāṇic geographic cataloguing by associating distinct classes of beings with specific mountains and settlement counts.

Which geographic location is identified?

Two locations are explicitly named: Pañcakūṭa and Śataśṛṅga, both framed as mountainous sites; the 'hundred cities' of the Yakṣas are mentioned without a specific toponym in this line.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily classifies and locates communities; indirectly, it supports the idea of a shared, multi-inhabitant world requiring careful, non-reductive documentation.