Shloka 19

Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma

Devanagari script

इलावृते पद्मवर्णा जम्बूफलरसाशिनः / त्रयोदश सहस्त्राणि वर्षाणां वै स्थिरायुषः

Transliteration

ilāvṛte padmavarṇā jambūphalarasāśinaḥ / trayodaśa sahastrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ vai sthirāyuṣaḥ

Translation

イラーヴリタでは、人々は蓮華のごとき色を帯び、ジャンブー果の汁を糧として生きる。寿命は揺るがず、十三千年に及ぶ。

Word by Word

• इलावृते: in Ilāvṛta (region)
• इलावृते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इलावृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पद्मवर्णाः: lotus-colored
• पद्मवर्णाः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (padmasya varṇaḥ)

• जम्बू-फल-रस-आशिनः: eaters of the juice of jambū-fruit
• जम्बू-फल-रस-आशिनः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जम्बू + फल + रस + आशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः तत्पुरुषः (jambūphalasya rasaḥ; taṃ aśnanti iti āśinaḥ)

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable-like numeral), सहस्त्राणि इति विशेषणम् (qualifier of 'thousands')

• सहस्त्राणि: thousands
• सहस्त्राणि: प्रमाण/परिमाण (Pramāṇa/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध-निपात (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधानार्थ/खल्वर्थ (emphatic)

• स्थिर-आयुषः: having steady/long life
• स्थिर-आयुषः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः कर्मधारयः (sthiraṃ āyuḥ yeṣām)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating Purāṇic cosmography to the sages, within the Kurma Purana’s discourse framework)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Ilāvṛta
• Jambū (jambu fruit)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse does not directly define Ātman; it presents Purāṇic sacred geography, implying that embodied life (with varying longevity and sustenance) is conditioned by cosmic order (dharma/ṛta), against which liberation teachings elsewhere in the Kurma Purana are contrasted.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it is descriptive cosmography. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmological mapping often serves as a backdrop for dharma and later soteriological instructions (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion).

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it contributes to the shared Purāṇic cosmological framework within which the Kurma Purana later articulates a harmonizing Shaiva–Vaishnava theology.