Varaha Purana 81.92: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 92

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

Devanagari script

इयं पृथ्वी पद्माकारेण व्यवस्थिताः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.92

Transliteration

iyaṁ pṛthvī padmākāreṇa vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

यह धरती एक कमल जैसी है। उसकी शेप ऐसी है जैसे कमल खुला हो।

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Word by Word

• iyam: this
• iyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन); sarvanāma (pronoun)

• pṛthvī: earth
• pṛthvī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• padma-ākāreṇa: in/with the form of a lotus
• padma-ākāreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (तृतीया/3rd case), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष): padmasya ākāraḥ (lotus-form)

• vyavasthitāḥ: is arranged/स्थित (is situated)
• vyavasthitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) / Bhāva (भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ava + √sthā (स्था धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta: bhūta-kṛdanta (past participle), vyavasthita (व्यवस्थित); here used predicatively; should agree with subject; form given is Bahuvacana (बहुवचन), Prathamā (प्रथमा) (note: expected feminine singular vyavasthitā with pṛthvī)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic model where terrestrial space is described through symbolic geometry (e.g., lotus-forms), reflecting premodern Indian ways of mapping meaning onto geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single terrestrial site is named; the verse describes the Earth’s overall configuration in a cosmological register rather than a local toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive; indirectly, it frames Earth as an ordered, intelligible system—an outlook often connected with stewardship-oriented readings in later reception.