Varaha Purana 82.13: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 13

The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division

Devanagari script

कृष्णवर्णाः पुरुषा महाबलिनः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.13

Transliteration

kṛṣṇavarṇāḥ puruṣā mahābalinaḥ.

Translation

അവിടെയുള്ള പുരുഷന്മാർ കൃഷ്ണവർണ്ണവും മഹാബലവാന്മാരുമാകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• कृष्ण-वर्णाः: black-colored
• कृष्ण-वर्णाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• महाबलिनः: very strong/mighty
• महाबलिनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Ethnographic Notes

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic ethnographic shorthand—brief physical and social descriptors used to characterize populations within cosmographic regions.

Which geographic location is identified?

The description pertains to the inhabitants of the region under discussion (linked nearby to Ketumālā), within a Purāṇic cosmographic map.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical instruction is given; it is a descriptive characterization rather than a prescriptive teaching.