Varaha Purana 86.13: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 13

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

सैव चन्द्रेति कीर्तितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.13

Transliteration

saiva candreti kīrtitaḥ

Translation

वही पहाड़ को लोग चंद्र भी कहते हैं।

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Word by Word

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• चन्द्रा: (named) Candrā
• चन्द्रा: Pratipādya/Abhidhāna (अभिधान/Name-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus/so (called)
• इति: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• कीर्तितः: is proclaimed/celebrated/called
• कीर्तितः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Onomastics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the Purāṇic practice of linking geographic features with celestial/poetic nomenclature, important for understanding symbolic mapping in classical literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

The mountain under discussion is given another name: Candra.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction; the content supports cultural heritage cataloguing through name preservation.