Varaha Purana 75.22: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

वर्षाणि यानि षडत्र तेषां ते वर्षपर्वताः । योजनाग्रं तु वर्षाणां सर्वेषां तद्विधीयते ॥ ७५.२२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.22

Transliteration

varṣāṇi yāni ṣaḍ atra teṣāṃ te varṣaparvatāḥ | yojanāgraṃ tu varṣāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tad vidhīyate || 75.22 ||

Translation

ഇവിടെ വിവരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ആറ് വർഷങ്ങൾക്കും (പ്രദേശങ്ങൾക്കും) അവയ്ക്കവയുടെ ‘വർഷപർവ്വതങ്ങൾ’ ഉണ്ട്. ആ വർഷങ്ങളൊക്കെയും വീതി ഒരു യോജനയായി നിശ്ചയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• varṣāṇi: regions/years (here: varṣa-divisions)
• varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural)

• yāni: which
• yāni: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (plural); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral); (agreeing with neuter plural varṣāṇi)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place ‘here’)

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं (neut/masc), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• te: they/those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• varṣa-parvatāḥ: mountains of the varṣas (regional mountains)
• varṣa-parvatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (varṣāṇāṃ parvatāḥ)

• yojanāgram: a yojana as the measure/extent
• yojanāgram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष (yojanānām agraṃ / yojana-extent)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• varṣāṇām: of the varṣas
• varṣāṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं (neut/masc), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• vidhīyate: is prescribed/assigned
• vidhīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive voice)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects the Purāṇic practice of organizing the world into named regions (varṣas) bounded by mountains, using standardized distance-units (yojana) to present a systematic cosmographic geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single identifiable historical location is named in this verse; it refers generically to ‘varṣas’ and their boundary-mountains within the Purāṇic cosmological map rather than a verifiable modern site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive and taxonomic rather than ethical; its philosophical function is to present an ordered, measurable conception of the world as part of a broader cosmological account.