Varaha Purana 83.3: Adhyaya 83, Shloka 3

Description of the Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla Regions: Niṣadha’s Western Janapadas and River Systems

Devanagari script

नैषधस्याचलेनद्रस्य पश्चिमेन कुलाचलजनपदनद्यः कीर्त्यन्ते।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 83.3

Transliteration

naiṣadhasyācalendrasya paścimena kulācala-janapada-nadyaḥ kīrtyante

Translation

नैषध परबत के वेस्ट साइड में, कुलाचल पहाड़ियाँ, देश और नदियाँ बताई गई हैं।

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Word by Word

• naiṣadhasya: of Naiṣadha
• naiṣadhasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naiṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• acala-indrasya: of the mountain-king
• acala-indrasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acala (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘अचलः इन्द्रः’ = ‘king of mountains’

• paścimena: to the west (of)
• paścimena: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used as adverbial/instrumental of direction (दिक्-प्रयोग) = ‘to the west of / on the western side’

• kulācala-janapada-nadyaḥ: the rivers of the Kulācala region
• kulācala-janapada-nadyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kulācala (प्रातिपदिक) + janapada (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध): ‘कुलाचलस्य जनपदस्य नद्यः’ = rivers of the Kulācala country/region

• kīrtyante: are described / are mentioned
• kīrtyante: Kriyā (क्रिया; कर्मणि-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु; कीर्तने)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); passive sense ‘are being described/mentioned’

Speaker

Rudra

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Toponymy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cataloguing practices—listing mountains, territories, and rivers to create a structured sacred geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Naiṣadha appears as a cosmographic mountain-name; scholarly identification with specific modern geography is uncertain and context-dependent across Purāṇic sources.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Indirectly, the ordered listing treats landscape as culturally significant; it frames geography as worthy of remembrance and transmission.