Varaha Purana 81.63: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

तेषु च द्रुमसुग्रीवादिभगदत्तप्रमुखं राजशतम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.63

Transliteration

teṣu ca drumasugrīvādibhagadattapramukhaṃ rājaśatam |

Translation

वहाँ सौ राजा हैं। भगदत्त और द्रुमसुग्रीव जैसे लोग उनके मैन हैं।

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Word by Word

• तेषु: among them/in those
• तेषु: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्रुम-सुग्रीव-आदि-भगदत्त-प्रमुखम्: having Bhagdatta etc. (beginning with Drumasugrīva) as chiefs
• द्रुम-सुग्रीव-आदि-भगदत्त-प्रमुखम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of राजशतम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुमसुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + भगदत्त (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'द्रुमसुग्रीव-आदि-भगदत्तः प्रमुखः यस्य तत्' (having as chief Bhagdatta etc., beginning with Drumasugrīva)

• राज-शतम्: a hundred kings
• राज-शतम्: कर्ता/कर्म (context-dependent; here likely subject/existential)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'राज्ञां शतम्' (a hundred of kings)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Mythic Kingship

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Catalogues of rulers are a Purāṇic literary device for organizing space and time; they offer comparative material for the study of epic–purāṇic name traditions and the ideology of kingship.

Which geographic location is identified?

The location is the same region referenced in the surrounding verses (a Kinnara-associated zone); no precise modern identification is given in the excerpt.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical teaching appears; the verse functions as a political-geographic enumeration.