Varaha Purana 82.11: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 11

The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division

Devanagari script

एकत्रिंशद्योजनसहस्राणि आयामः चतुःशतविस्तीर्णम्।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.11

Transliteration

ekatriṃśad-yojanasahasrāṇi āyāmaḥ catuḥśata-vistīrṇam.

Translation

इसकी लंबाई इकत्तीस हज़ार योजन है और चौड़ाई चार सौ योजन है।

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Word by Word

• एकत्रिंशत्-योजनसहस्राणि: thirty-one thousand yojanas
• एकत्रिंशत्-योजनसहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + योजन + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (Pl.); संख्या-विशिष्ट-तत्पुरुषः: 'एकत्रिंशत् (31) योजनानां सहस्राणि'

• आयामः: length, extent
• आयामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (Sg.)

• चतुःशत-विस्तीर्णम्: spread to four hundred (yojanas) wide
• चतुःशत-विस्तीर्णम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःशत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (Sg.); तत्पुरुषः: 'चतुःशतेन (400) विस्तीर्णम्' (measure-qualifying adjective)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the Purāṇic practice of giving numerical dimensions for regions and features, useful for studying premodern South Asian cosmographic systems.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse provides dimensions but does not unambiguously name the feature in this fragment; it belongs to the surrounding description of a specific region/river system.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the passage contributes to a descriptive worldview in which land and waters are systematically accounted for.