Varaha Purana 81.35: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

हरिकूटे हरिर्देवः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.35

Transliteration

harikūṭe harir devaḥ

Translation

हरिकूट पर्वत पर हरि भगवान का स्थान है। वहाँ हरि की मूर्ति है।

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Word by Word

• हरिकूटे: at Harikūṭa (Hari’s peak)
• हरिकूटे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हरेः कूटः = ‘Hari’s peak’ / ‘Harikūṭa’)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); हरिः इति विशेष्यस्य विधेय-नाम (predicate noun/apposition)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography
• Puranic Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates how Purāṇic cosmography anchors major deities to named peaks, functioning as a textual ‘map’ of sacred presence.

Which geographic location is identified?

Harikūṭa is a cosmographic mountain/peak in the Meru system; modern correlation is generally indeterminate.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is identificatory (deity-location) rather than ethical instruction.