Varaha Purana 83.6 - Adhyaya 83, Shloka 6

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Varaha Purana 83.6: Adhyaya 83, Shloka 6

Description of the Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla Regions: Niṣadha’s Western Janapadas and River Systems

Devanagari script

तद्यथा सौरग्रामात्तसांतपो कृतसुराश्रवण कम्बलमाहेयाचलकूटवासमूलतपक्रौञ्चकृष्णाङ्गमणिपङ्कजचूडमलसोमीयसमुद्रान्तक कुरकुञ्चसुवर्णः तटकुह श्वेताङ्गकृष्णपाटविदकपिलकर्णिकमहिषकुब्जकरनाटमहोट्कटशुकनासगजभूमककुरञ्जन मनाहकिकिङ्किसपार्णभौमकचोरकधूमजन्म अङ्गारजातिवनजीवलौकिलवाचां सहाङ्गमधुरेयशुकेचकेयश्रवणमत्त कासिकगोदावामकुलपञ्जावर्ज्जहमोदशालक एते जनपदास्तत्पर्वतोत्था नदीः पिबन्ति।

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 83.6

Transliteration

tad yathā sauragrāmāttasāṁtapo kṛtasurāśravaṇa kambalamāheyācalakūṭavāsamūlatapakrauñcakṛṣṇāṅgamaṇipaṅkajacūḍamalasomīyasamudrāntaka kurakuñcasuvarṇaḥ taṭakuha śvetāṅgakṛṣṇapāṭavidakapilakarṇikamahiṣakubjakaranāṭamahotkaṭaśukanāsagajabhūmakakurañjana manāhakikiṅkisapārṇabhaumakachorakadhūmajanma aṅgārajātivanajīvalaukilavācāṁ sahāṅgamadhureyaśukecake yaśravaṇamatta kāsikagodāvāmakulapañjāvarjjahamodaśālaka ete janapadās tat-parvatotthā nadīḥ pibanti

Translation

ಅಂದರೆ—ಸೌರಗ್ರಾಮ, ಅತ್ತಸಾಂತಪ, ಕೃತಸುರಾಶ್ರವಣ, ಕಂಬಲ, ಮಾಹೇಯ, ಅಚಲಕೂಟವಾಸ, ಮೂಲತಪ, ಕ್ರೌಂಚ, ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಂಗಮಣಿ, ಪಂಕಜಚೂಡ, ಮಲಸೋಮೀಯ, ಸಮುದ್ರಾಂತಕ, ಕುರಕುಂಚ, ಸುವರ್ಣ, ತಟಕುಹ, ಶ್ವೇತಾಂಗ, ಕೃಷ್ಣಪಾಟ, ವಿದಕ, ಕಪಿಲಕರ್ಣಿಕ, ಮಹಿಷಕುಬ್ಜ, ಕರ್ಣಾಟ, ಮಹೋಟ್ಕಟ, ಶುಕನಾಸ, ಗಜಭೂಮಕ, ಕುರಂಜನ, ಮನಾಹಕ, ಕಿಂಕಿಸ, ಪಾರ್ಣ, ಭೌಮಕ, ಚೋರಕ, ಧೂಮಜನ್ಮ, ಅಂಗಾರಜಾತಿ, ವನಜೀವ, ಲೌಕಿಲವಾಚಾಂ, ಸಹಾಂಗ, ಮಧುರೇಯ, ಶುಕೇಚಕೇ, ಯಶ್ರವಣಮತ್ತ, ಕಾಸಿಕ, ಗೋದಾವಾಮ, ಕುಲಪಂಜಾ, ವರ್ಜ್ಜಹ, ಮೋದಶಾಲಕ—ಈ ಜನಪದಗಳು ಆ ಪರ್ವತಗಳಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುವ ನದಿಗಳ ನೀರನ್ನು ಪಾನಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ।

Word by Word

तत्that (introducing)

यथाas follows

सौरग्रामात्from Sauragrāma

तसाम्of those

अन्तःend / boundary (as name-element)

तपःausterity (as name-element)

कृतसुराश्रवणKṛtasurāśravaṇa (place-name)

कम्बलमाहेयाचलकूटवासमूलतपक्रौञ्चकृष्णाङ्गमणिपङ्कजचूडमलसोमीयसमुद्रान्तक(a long compound place-name beginning with) Kambala…Samudrāntaka

कुरकुञ्चसुवर्णःKurakuñca-suparṇa/Suvarṇa (place-name)

तटकुहTaṭakuha (place-name)

श्वेताङ्गकृष्णपाटविदकपिलकर्णिकमहिषकुब्जकरनाटमहोट्कटशुकनासगजभूमककुरञ्जन(a long compound place-name beginning with) Śvetāṅga…Kurāñjana

मनाहकिकिङ्किसपार्णभौमकचोरकधूमजन्म(a long compound place-name beginning with) Manāhaki…Dhūmajanma

अङ्गारजातिवनजीवलौकिलवाचाम्of the (so-called) Aṅgārajāti-vanajīva-laukila speeches/languages (descriptor)

सहाङ्गमधुरेयशुकेचकेयश्रवणमत्त(a long compound place-name beginning with) Sahāṅga…Śravaṇamatta

कासिकगोदावामकुलपञ्जावर्ज्जहमोदशालक(a long compound place-name ending with) …Śālaka

एतेthese

जनपदाःcountries/districts

तत्that

पर्वतोत्थाःarising from the mountain

नदीःrivers

पिबन्तिdrink

Speaker

Rudra

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Long toponym lists are crucial for philological cataloguing and for comparing how different Purāṇas preserve, transform, or regionalize place-name traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse lists many janapada names in a cosmographic register; most are not securely identifiable with modern locations without cross-textual comparison and regional epigraphic/vernacular evidence.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames river-systems as foundational to habitation and cultural identity—an archival cue for environmental and settlement-history themes rather than a prescriptive ethic.

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