Varaha Purana 77.21: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 21
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
देवदानवगन्धर्वयक्षराक्षसगुह्यकाः । पपुस्तदमृतप्रख्यं मधु जम्बूफलस्रवम् ॥ ७७.२१ ॥
devadānavagandharvayakṣarākṣasaguhyakāḥ | papus tad amṛtaprakhyaṁ madhu jambūphalasravam || 77.21 ||
ദേവന്മാർ, ദാനവന്മാർ, ഗന്ധർവ്വന്മാർ, യക്ഷന്മാർ, രാക്ഷസന്മാർ, ഗുഹ്യകർ—ജാംബൂഫലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒഴുകിയ അമൃതസദൃശമായ ആ മധു പാനം ചെയ്തു.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary motif: diverse classes of beings share in a cosmically significant substance (here, a nectar-like flow), reflecting the text’s mythic ecology and its mapping of the world through symbolic natural resources.
No specific terrestrial site is named in this single verse; the imagery points to the broader Jambū-related cosmographic framework (often associated with Jambūdvīpa in Purāṇic geography), but a precise modern identification is not possible from this fragment alone.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; philosophically, it underscores the idea of nature as a source of life-sustaining, shared bounty within a cosmic order.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.