Varaha Purana 81.46: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

तत्र च देवर्षिचरितानि देवकूटे दृश्यन्ते।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.46

Transliteration

tatra ca devarṣicaritāni devakūṭe dṛśyante |

Translation

वहाँ देवकूट पर देवर्शियों के काम देखे जा सकते हैं। सब साफ दिखाई देता है।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवर्षिचरितानि: deeds/legends of divine sages
• देवर्षिचरितानि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि + चरित (प्रातिपदिक; चरित = √चर् (धातु) → कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवर्षीणां चरितानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देवकूटे: on/at Devakūṭa
• देवकूटे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानां कूटः/कूटम् इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/appear
• दृश्यन्ते: क्रिया (Verb; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘are seen’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Sacred Geography
• Cultural Memory

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic idea of landscape as an archive of memory, where narratives are localized in specific topographic features.

Which geographic location is identified?

Devakūṭa, presented as a sacred eminence associated with perceivable traces or manifestations of seer-traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It encourages reverent engagement with heritage sites as repositories of collective memory and exemplary lives.