Varaha Purana 79.19: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 19

Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove

Devanagari script

तत्राश्रमो भगवतः कश्यपस्य प्रजापतेः । सिद्धसाधुगणाकीर्णं नानाश्रमसमाकुलम् ॥ ७९.१९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 79.19

Transliteration

tatrāśramo bhagavataḥ kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ | siddhasādhugaṇākīrṇaṃ nānāśramasamākulam || 79.19 ||

Translation

അവിടെ ഭഗവാനായ പ്രജാപതി കശ്യപന്റെ ആശ്രമം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അത് സിദ്ധന്മാരുടെയും സാധുക്കളുടെയും സംഘങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞതും, നാനാവിധ ആശ്രമവാസങ്ങളും തപോനിയമങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് സജീവവുമായിരുന്നതും ആയിരുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आश्रमः: hermitage, āśrama
• आश्रमः: Karta (कर्ता / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• भगवतः: of the venerable one (Bhagavān)
• भगवतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध / Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध / Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (apposition to भगवतः)

• प्रजापतेः: of the Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध / Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (apposition)

• सिद्ध-साधु-गण-आकीर्णम्: filled with groups of siddhas and holy men
• सिद्ध-साधु-गण-आकीर्णम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + आकीर्ण (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; √कॄ/√कीर्? 'to scatter/fill' with आ-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सिद्धसाधुगणेन आकीर्णम् = filled with groups of siddhas and sādhus); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with आश्रमः (predicate adjective; neuter used as descriptive in verse)

• नाना-आश्रम-समाकुलम्: abounding in many (kinds of) hermitages
• नाना-आश्रम-समाकुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + समाकुल (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नानाविधैः आश्रमैः समाकुलम् = crowded with many hermitages/ascetic dwellings); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with आश्रमः (descriptive)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

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

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic depiction of an āśrama as a multi-lineage center of ascetic life, presenting Kaśyapa (as Prajāpati) as a cultural-historical anchor for sacred landscapes and genealogical memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse identifies “the hermitage of Kaśyapa” (kāśyapāśrama) but does not provide a toponym here; modern identification requires correlating this passage with the surrounding adhyāya’s pilgrimage itinerary and later regional traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it valorizes disciplined communal life (sādhu/siddha-saṅgha) and the preservation of āśrama spaces as cultural heritage sites where diverse ascetic practices coexist.