Varaha Purana 75.19: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 19

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

एते पर्वतराजानः सिद्धचारणसेविताः । तेषामन्तरविष्कम्भो नवसाहस्र उच्यते ॥ ७५.१९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.19

Transliteration

ete parvatarājānaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ | teṣām antaraviṣkambho navasāhastra ucyate || 75.19 ||

Translation

ഇവർ പർവതരാജന്മാർ; സിദ്ധരും ചാരണരും ഇവരെ സേവിക്കുന്നു. ഇവരുടെ അന്തര-വിഷ്കംഭം (ആന്തരിക വീതി/ഇടവിട്ട്) ഒൻപതിനായിരം എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun ‘these’

• parvata-rājānaḥ: mountain-kings
• parvata-rājānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘kings among mountains’ (mountain-kings)

• siddha-cāraṇa-sevitāḥ: served by Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• siddha-cāraṇa-sevitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त; √sev ‘to serve’ → PPP)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘served by Siddhas and Cāraṇas’ (instrumental/agent implied)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; genitive ‘of them’

• antara-viṣkambhaḥ: inner diameter/span
• antara-viṣkambhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣkambha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘inner diameter/span’

• nava-sāhasraḥ: nine thousand
• nava-sāhasraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; dvigu numeral compound ‘nine-thousand’ qualifying antaraviṣkambhaḥ

• ucyate: is said/is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; passive (कर्मणि) ‘is said/called’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic cataloguing practices that combine sacred geography with cosmographic scale, preserving how premodern Sanskrit literature described landscapes and their dimensions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single named mountain is specified in this verse alone; it refers collectively to a set of ‘chief mountains’ mentioned in the surrounding passage, whose identification depends on the broader chapter context and parallel Purāṇic lists.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis lies in portraying the natural world as culturally significant terrain within a larger cosmological order.