Varaha Purana 81.32: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 32

Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa

Devanagari script

ताम्राभे तक्षकस्य पुरशतम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.32

Transliteration

tāmābhe takṣakasya puraśatam

Translation

‘താമ്രാഭ’ എന്ന ശിഖരത്തിൽ തക്ഷകന്റെ നൂറ് കോട്ടനഗരങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്।

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Word by Word

• ताम्राभे: in/at Tām्रābha (the copper-hued place)
• ताम्राभे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्राभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः (ताम्रः + आभः/आभा ‘copper-coloured/with copper lustre’)

• तक्षकस्य: of Takṣaka
• तक्षकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरशतम्: a hundred cities (forts)
• पुरशतम्: कर्म/विधेय (Karma/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुराणां शतम् = ‘a hundred cities/forts’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Puranic Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the Purāṇic catalog style, mapping mythic-polity (puras/citadels) onto a cosmographic landscape, useful for studying how early Sanskrit texts organized sacred space.

Which geographic location is identified?

Tāmābha is presented as a named peak/region within the Meru mountain complex in Purāṇic cosmography; it is not securely identifiable with a single modern location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical injunction appears; the verse functions primarily as a descriptive register of inhabited sacred geography.