Varaha Purana 77.28: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 28

Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees

Devanagari script

माल्यदामकलापैश्च विविधैस्तु समन्ततः । शाखाभिर्लम्बमानाभिः शोभितः सिद्धसेवितः ॥ ७७.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 77.28

Transliteration

mālyadāmakalāpaiś ca vividhaiś tu samantataḥ | śākhābhir lambamānābhiḥ śobhitaḥ siddhasevitaḥ || 77.28 ||

Translation

അത് എല്ലാടവും പലവിധ മാല്യദാമസമൂഹങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടും, താഴേക്ക് തൂങ്ങുന്ന ശാഖകളാൽ ശോഭിച്ചും, സിദ്ധന്മാർ സേവിച്ചു വന്ദിക്കുന്നതുമാകുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• माल्यदामकलापैः: with garlands, strings, and clusters (of garlands)
• माल्यदामकलापैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्यदामकलाप (प्रातिपदिक: माल्य + दाम + कलाप)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वन्द्व-समासः (garlands + garland-strings + clusters)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (agreeing with माल्यदामकलापैः) — विशेषणम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: देशाधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शाखाभिः: with branches
• शाखाभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• लम्बमानाभिः: hanging down
• लम्बमानाभिः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लम्बमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लम्ब् (धातु) + शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle/शतृ-शानच्), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग — शाखाभिः इति विशेषणम्

• शोभितः: adorned
• शोभितः: विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √शुभ्/√शोभ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग — वटः इति विशेषणम्

• सिद्धसेवितः: frequented by siddhas
• सिद्धसेवितः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धसेवित (प्रातिपदिक: सिद्ध + सेवित(क्त; √सेव्))
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सिद्धैः सेवितः = served/visited by siddhas) — विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sacred Architecture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic sthala-varṇana: a stylized description of a revered place using recognizable motifs (garlands, hanging branches, attendance by Siddhas), useful for understanding how sacred spaces were imagined and rhetorically framed in classical Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name appears in this single verse; identification depends on surrounding verses in Adhyāya 77 that likely specify the site being described.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a cultural-heritage principle: sacred spaces are presented as carefully maintained and aesthetically ordered environments, implicitly valuing stewardship, cleanliness, and respectful attendance.