Varaha Purana 81.90: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 90

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

Devanagari script

तेनानुक्रमेण हेमरजतरत्नवैडूर्यमाणः शिलाहिङ्गुलादिवर्णाः ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.90

Transliteration

tenānukrameṇa hema-rajata-ratna-vaiḍūrya-māṇaḥ śilā-hiṅgulādivarṇāḥ

Translation

उसी हिसाब से इनके रंग हैं। सोना, चाँदी, रत्न, बेरिल, शीशा, पत्थर, और लाल सिंदूर जैसे।

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Word by Word

• तेन: by that / in that manner
• तेन: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/प्रकार (by that/in that way)

• अनुक्रमेण: in order / sequentially
• अनुक्रमेण: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकारेण (in sequence/order)

• हेमरजतरत्नवैडूर्यमाणाः: (having) gold, silver, jewels, beryl, and gems
• हेमरजतरत्नवैडूर्यमाणाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + रजत + रत्न + वैडूर्य + माण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थक—‘हेम-रजत-रत्न-वैडूर्य-माणाः’ (gold, silver, jewel, beryl, gem-like); विशेषणम् (of the mountains/regions)

• शिलाहिङ्गुलादिवर्णाः: of colors like stone, cinnabar, etc.
• शिलाहिङ्गुलादिवर्णाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिला + हिङ्गुल + आदि + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘शिला-हिङ्गुल-आदि-वर्णाः’ = having colors like stone, cinnabar, etc.; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Mineralogy (textual)
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a material-descriptive register (minerals/colors) used in Purāṇic geography, relevant to the study of premodern mineral terminology and symbolic landscape description.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name is given; the verse characterizes the previously listed mountains by appearance/material association.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

An implicit conservation-oriented idea: distinctive natural features are noteworthy and worth recording, supporting cultural valuation of landscapes.