Varaha Purana 82.14: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

उत्पलवर्णाः स्त्रियः शुभदर्शनाः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.14

Transliteration

utpalavarṇāḥ striyaḥ śubhadarśanāḥ.

Translation

അവിടെയുള്ള സ്ത്രീകൾ താമരവർണ്ണവും ശുഭദർശനവും ഉള്ളവരാണ്।

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Word by Word

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

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शुभ-दर्शनाः: pleasant to behold/beautiful-looking
• शुभ-दर्शनाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, 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 reflects a common literary convention in Sanskrit cosmography where aesthetic metaphors (e.g., lotus imagery) are used to describe regional populations.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the population-description of the same cosmographic region discussed in the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical teaching is present; it is an aesthetic-ethnographic note within a geographic catalogue.