Varaha Purana 75.48: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 48

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

Devanagari script

तदम्बु वैष्णवः कायो यतो रत्नविभूषितः । पद्माकाराऽ समुत्पन्ना पृथिवी सवनद्रुमा ॥ ७५.४८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.48

Transliteration

tadambu vaiṣṇavaḥ kāyo yato ratnavibhūṣitaḥ | padmākārā samutpannā pṛthivī savanadrumā || 75.48 ||

Translation

ആ ജലം വൈഷ്ണവ കായമായി മാറി, രത്നങ്ങളാൽ വിഭൂഷിതമായി; പിന്നെ ഭൂമി പദ്മാകൃതിയിൽ, വനങ്ങളും വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും സഹിതം, ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.

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Word by Word

• tat-ambu: that water
• tat-ambu: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (that water); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaiṣṇavaḥ: of Viṣṇu, Vaiṣṇava
• vaiṣṇavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kāyaḥ

• kāyaḥ: body, mass
• kāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yataḥ: from which, whence
• yataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative indeclinable (सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय), causal/ablatival sense: 'from which/whence'

• ratna-vibhūṣitaḥ: adorned with jewels
• ratna-vibhūṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√bhūṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (adorned with jewels); Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kāyaḥ

• padma-ākārā: lotus-shaped
• padma-ākārā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (lotus-shaped); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with pṛthivī

• samutpannā: arisen, produced
• samutpannā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ut-√pad (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with pṛthivī

• pṛthivī: earth
• pṛthivī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sa-vana-drumā: with forests and trees
• sa-vana-drumā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सहित अर्थे उपसर्गवत्) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + druma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi (having forests and trees); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with pṛthivī

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic cosmographic motif in which Earth’s emergence is described through symbolic natural forms (e.g., lotus imagery), offering insight into early medieval Sanskrit narrative cosmology and its aesthetic vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial site is named in this verse; it presents a generalized cosmological description of Earth’s arising with forests and trees rather than a locatable pilgrimage geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

While not framed as a direct injunction, the verse foregrounds Earth’s emergence together with vegetation, supporting an implicit philosophical emphasis on the integral value of forests and trees within the world’s ordered structure.