Varaha Purana 10.35 — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 35
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
ततः परतरं चान्यद्धरिवर्षं जिगाय सः । रम्यं हिरण्मयं चापि कुरुभद्राश्वमेव च । इलावृतं मेरुमध्यमेतत्सर्वं जिगाय सः ॥ १०.३६ ॥
tataḥ parataraṃ cānyad dharivarṣaṃ jigāya saḥ | ramyaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ cāpi kurubhadrāśvam eva ca | ilāvṛtaṃ meru-madhyam etat sarvaṃ jigāya saḥ || 10.36 ||
さらに彼は別の国土ハリヴァルシャ（Harivarṣa）をも征服し、またラミヤカ（Ramyaka）、ヒランマヤ（Hiraṇmaya）、そしてクルブハドラアシュヴァ（Kurubhadrāśva）をも制した。須弥山メル（Meru）を中心とするイラーヴリタ（Ilāvṛta）を含め、これらすべてを彼は征服した。
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Geography","Sacred Landscapes"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vīra
Type: purāṇic cosmography (varṣas around Meru within Jambūdvīpa)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 10.10.35 (Bhārata, Kiṃpuruṣa); Varāha Purāṇa 10.10.37 (Jambūdvīpa completion and move toward Indra)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"awe-filled, ceremonial","suggested_raga":"Bhairav or Lalit","pace":"vilambita to madhyama","voice_tone":"deep, reverent, expansive"}
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography by cataloging named varṣas (macro-regions) and positioning Ilāvṛta with Meru at the center, a standard organizing principle in early Indian geographic imagination and textual world-mapping.
Ilāvṛta with Mount Meru at its center is identified; in scholarship this is typically treated as a mytho-cosmological central zone rather than a single mappable terrestrial location, while the named varṣas function as cosmographic regions within Jambūdvīpa frameworks.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is the presentation of an ordered cosmos—structured regions around a central axis (Meru)—supporting cultural memory of sacred geography and cosmological order.
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