Varaha Purana 81.42: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 42

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

Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography and Cosmography (Kailāsa–Hemakūṭa region)

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि योजनशतं गरुडस्य जातं क्षेत्रम्।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.42

Transliteration

tasyopari yojanaśataṃ garuḍasya jātaṃ kṣetram |

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

उसके ऊपर एक जगह है जो सौ योजन लंबी है। यह गरुड़ की जगह है।

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun form)
• Role: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपरि: above/upon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
• Role: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)

• योजनशतम्: a hundred yojanas
• Type: Noun
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical compound); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
• Role: प्रमाण/परिमाण (measure; object of implied 'is/exists')
• Root: योजन + शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गरुडस्य: of Garuḍa
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातम्: arisen/formed
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies क्षेत्रम्)
• Role: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षेत्रम्: region/field
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
• Role: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• तस्योपरि = तस्य + उपरि
• योजनशतं = योजनशतम् (अनुस्वार/हलन्त-रूप)
• श्लोके क्रियापदं लुप्तम् (अस्ति/भवति इति बोध्यते)।

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Devotional cosmology

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesCosmology

Core idea

Garuḍa as the emblem of Viṣṇu’s conveyance: the soul’s ascent is supported by devotion, vigilance, and divine protection.

In practice

Adopt ‘Garuḍa-bhāva’: alertness against inner poisons (viṣa—envy, anger), and steady Viṣṇu-smaraṇa as the vehicle upward.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cartographic description, using yojana-based measures to map culturally significant sacred regions.

Which geographic location is identified?

A region termed “Garuḍa’s kṣetra”; it is presented as a sacred zone within the Kailāsa–Hemakūṭa cosmographic landscape rather than a single verifiable modern site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames certain landscapes as protected cultural-heritage zones (kṣetra), encouraging respectful orientation to place.