Shloka 63
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तेषु च द्रुमसुग्रीवादिभगदत्तप्रमुखं राजशतम्॥
teṣu ca drumasugrīvādibhagadattapramukhaṃ rājaśatam |
またその中には、バガダッタやドルマスグリーヴァらを筆頭とする百人の王がいる。
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","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"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"itihāsa-smṛti (cultural memory)","core_concept":"Rājya and lineage are transient markers within a larger dhārmic-cosmic order; names function as mnemonic anchors for place and time.","practical_application":"Read genealogical lists as a contemplative reminder of impermanence and as a way to situate one’s own community within dharma and history."}
Subject Matter: ["Geography","Cultural History"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: cosmographic region
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 81 (cosmography/regions and associated rulers)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cartographic-courtly tableau: a sage-like narrator (Varāha as teacher) indicates a map/scroll while a procession of crowned kings—Bhagadatta foremost—stand in ranked order.","item_prompts":["map or palm-leaf scroll","row of kings with varied crowns and insignia","Bhagadatta highlighted (elephant emblem optional)","scribe recording names","cosmic backdrop suggesting Jambūdvīpa"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: flat luminous fields, ornate crowns, Varāha as dignified narrator beside a stylized map of Jambūdvīpa; rhythmic repetition of royal figures.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central highlighted king (Bhagadatta) with gold-leaf crown and arch, flanked by smaller kings; embossed ornaments; scroll/map motif at base.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: delicate linework, soft shading; Varāha-teacher pointing to a manuscript; kings in refined court dress with restrained palette.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside-court setting with a painted scroll-map; expressive faces; kings arranged in tiers with bright textiles and minimal background architecture."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, documentary, mnemonic","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or Darbārī Kānaḍā for gravitas)","pace":"medium-slow, list-like articulation","voice_tone":"clear, steady, slightly emphatic on proper names"}
FAQs
Catalogues of rulers are a Purāṇic literary device for organizing space and time; they offer comparative material for the study of epic–purāṇic name traditions and the ideology of kingship.
The location is the same region referenced in the surrounding verses (a Kinnara-associated zone); no precise modern identification is given in the excerpt.
No direct ethical teaching appears; the verse functions as a political-geographic enumeration.