Varaha Purana 86.32: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 32

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

बलाहकस्य जीमूतं तदेव रथाकार इति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.32

Transliteration

balāhakasya jīmūtaṃ tadeva rathākāra iti

Translation

バラーハカ（Balāhaka）の雲塊（jīmūta）こそが、まさに「ラターカーラ（Rathākāra）」と称される。

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Word by Word

• बलाहकस्य: of the balāhaka (cloud)
• बलाहकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• जीमूतम्: a cloud-mass
• जीमूतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीमूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नामपद (predicate-noun)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• रथाकारः: chariot-shaped (form)
• रथाकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रथस्य आकारः (chariot-shaped/form)

• इति: thus / called
• इति: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves specialized naming: a natural phenomenon (cloud-mass) is linked to a technical or conventional label, valuable for lexicography and historical geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

A named entity ‘Balāhaka’ is referenced; without additional context, its identification as a specific place/region remains uncertain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct instruction; the text functions as a record of environmental and geographic terminology.