Varaha Purana 86.26: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 26

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

इत्येते पर्वताः कुशद्वीपे व्यवस्थिताः एतेषां वर्षभेदो भवति द्विनामसंज्ञः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.26

Transliteration

ity ete parvatāḥ kuśadvīpe vyavasthitāḥ eteṣāṃ varṣabhedo bhavati dvināmasaṃjñaḥ

Translation

यह सब पहाड़ कुशद्वीप में हैं। इनके बीच में जगह बनती है। हर जगह का दो नाम है।

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative/closing particle (समाप्ति-निपात)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुशद्वीपे: in Kuśadvīpa
• कुशद्वीपे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: कुश + द्वीप (‘island of Kuśa’)

• व्यवस्थिताः: are situated / established
• व्यवस्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; predicative ‘are situated/are established’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• वर्षभेदः: division of varṣas/regions
• वर्षभेदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; compound: वर्षस्य भेदः (‘division of regions/years’)

• भवति: becomes / is
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• द्विनामसंज्ञः: having two names / two-named
• द्विनामसंज्ञः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + नाम + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; compound: द्वे नाम्नी यस्य/द्विनाम्ना संज्ञा (‘having a designation of two names’); used as predicate adjective of वर्षभेदः

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography
• Textual Classification

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It explicitly states a classificatory principle (double naming) for regional divisions, offering insight into how Purāṇic compilers organized geographic knowledge.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kūśadvīpa as a whole and its internal varṣa divisions; these are components of Purāṇic cosmography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is organizational rather than prescriptive; it frames an ordered cosmos that later passages may connect to ritual or cultural meaning.