Varaha Purana 81.52: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

तत्र च तत्पुष्करं नाम विमानं तिष्ठति।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.52

Transliteration

tatra ca tatpuṣkaraṃ nāma vimānaṃ tiṣṭhati.

Translation

वहाँ एक विमान है, जिसका नाम तत्पुष्कर है। यह वही खड़ा है।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• तत्-पुष्करम्: that (named) Puṣkara (vehicle)
• तत्-पुष्करम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'of that' + 'Puṣkara')

• नाम: by name
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (Appositional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/quotative particle: 'by name')

• विमानम्: a celestial chariot/vehicle
• विमानम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition to तत्पुष्करम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents Purāṇic cosmography by naming a specific vimāna, reflecting how sacred geography is structured through named locales and edifices.

Which geographic location is identified?

A place described as hosting the vimāna called Tatpuṣkara; the excerpt does not provide a modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical injunction appears; the verse functions primarily as a descriptive marker within a sacred-geographic catalogue.