Varaha Purana 81.4: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

तत्र देवराजस्य पारिजातकवृक्षवनम्।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.4

Transliteration

tatra devarājasya pārijātakavṛkṣavanam

Translation

वहाँ देवताओं के राजा के लिए पारिजात के पेड़ हैं। एक पूरा जंगल है वहाँ।

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• devarājasya: of the king of gods (Indra)
• devarājasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devarāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pārijātaka-vṛkṣa-vanam: forest of pārijātaka trees
• pārijātaka-vṛkṣa-vanam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; nominal sentence predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārijātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) multi-member: 'forest (vana) of pārijātaka trees'; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a motif of sacred flora—celestial or exemplary trees—used in Purāṇic literature to connect cosmology, kingship, and idealized natural abundance.

Which geographic location is identified?

A mythic grove associated with Indra is referenced; it is not presented as a verifiable terrestrial site in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse contributes to a cultural logic that values groves and trees as heritage-bearing landscapes, aligning with broader Indic traditions of grove protection.