Varaha Purana 86.53: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 53

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

एष च कुशद्वीपो दधिमण्डोदेनावृतः क्षीरोदद्विगुणेन ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.53

Transliteration

eṣa ca kuśadvīpo dadhimaṇḍodena vṛtaḥ kṣīrodadviguṇena |

Translation

यह कुशद्वीप के आस-पास एक समुंदर है। उसका नाम दधिमंडो है, यह छाछ का समुंदर है। यह क्षीरसागर से दुगना बड़ा है।

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुशद्वीपः: Kusha-dvipa (the island named Kusha)
• कुशद्वीपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘कुशस्य द्वीपः’

• दधिमण्डोदेन: by the ocean of curd-whey
• दधिमण्डोदेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधिमण्डोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दधिमण्डस्य उदः’ (whey/curd-ocean)

• आवृतः: is surrounded/covered
• आवृतः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• क्षीरोदद्विगुणेन: (with an extent) twice that of the milk-ocean
• क्षीरोदद्विगुणेन: Vishesana (विशेषण/Qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीरोद + द्विगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-समर्थ (contextual), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘क्षीरोदस्य द्विगुणः’ (twice that of the milk-ocean)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the layered-ocean model (distinct ‘substance-oceans’) and proportional scaling, important for mapping Purāṇic cosmological systems.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kuśadvīpa and its encircling ocean named Dadhimaṇḍoda, with reference to Kṣīroda (Milk-ocean).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction; it is cosmographic description.