Varaha Purana 81.40: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

एवं मेरुपर्वतेषु देवानामधिवासः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.40

Transliteration

evaṃ meruparvateṣu devānām adhivāsaḥ

Translation

मेरु के पहाड़ों पर देवता लोग रहते हैं। वहाँ उनका बसेरा है।

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• मेरु-पर्वतेषु: on/in the Meru-mountains
• मेरु-पर्वतेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• अधिवासः: residence/settlement
• अधिवासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Puranic Cosmography
• Sacred Geography
• Ancient World Models

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It serves as a summarizing statement closing a list of deity-localizations, illustrating how Purāṇic chapters consolidate catalog data into a general cosmographic claim.

Which geographic location is identified?

Meru is the central cosmic mountain in Purāṇic cosmology; here the reference is to its associated peaks/mountains collectively.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction; it is a cosmographic summary.