Varaha Purana 81.8: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

ते च नाम्ना नीलकाः कामरूपिणः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.8

Transliteration

te ca nāmnā nīlakāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ

Translation

അവരെ ‘നീലകർ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ വിളിക്കുന്നു; അവർ ഇച്ഛാനുസാരം രൂപം ധരിക്കാൻ കഴിവുള്ളവർ।

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Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्तृ (subject)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: 'by name')

• नीलकाः: (called) Nīlakas
• नीलकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīlaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संज्ञा/नाम (predicate nominative)

• कामरूपिणः: able to assume forms at will
• कामरूपिणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-rūpin (प्रातिपदिक; काम + रूपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुष (यथाकामं रूपं यस्य/धारयति)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Mythology
• Demonology (Descriptive)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a classificatory label and attribute (kāmarūpitva) typical of Purāṇic descriptions of non-human groups within cosmographic narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new location is named here; it identifies the beings connected with the previously mentioned setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical directive appears; the verse is descriptive, contributing to a taxonomy of beings within the narrative world.