Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 24

Nine Varshas and Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

पारा चर्मण्वती लूपी विदिशा वेणुमत्यपि सिप्रा ह्यवन्ती च तथा पारियात्राश्रयाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

pārā carmaṇvatī lūpī vidiśā veṇumatyapi siprā hyavantī ca tathā pāriyātrāśrayāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

पारा, चर्मण्वती, लूपी, विदिशा व वेणुमती; तसेच सिप्रा व अवन्ती—या पारियात्र पर्वत-प्रदेशाशी संबंधित नद्या म्हणून स्मरणात आहेत.

Word by Word

• पारा: Pārā (river name)
• पारा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चर्मण्वती: Carmaṇvatī (river name)
• चर्मण्वती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मण्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लूपी: Lūpī (river name)
• लूपी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लूपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विदिशा: Vidiśā (river name)
• विदिशा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वेणुमती: Veṇumatī (river name)
• वेणुमती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• सिप्रा: Siprā (river name)
• सिप्रा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिप्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• अवन्ती: Avantī (river name)
• अवन्ती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• पारियात्र-आश्रयाः: (rivers) belonging to/issuing from Pāriyātra
• पारियात्र-आश्रयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारियात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा; (स्त्रीलिङ्गाः नद्यः) विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘पारियात्रस्य आश्रयाः’ (having Pāriyātra as their abode/origin)

• स्मृताः: are said/are remembered
• स्मृताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural used predicatively; agrees with implied ‘नद्यः’); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग: ‘are said/are remembered’

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical frame; not explicit in the given excerpt)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Regional Pilgrimage Networks
• Tirtha Toponymy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Holiness is presented as distributed across regions: the pilgrim’s dharma is not confined to one shrine but extends through interconnected landscapes and waterways.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is tīrtha/geography material embedded within a Purāṇa; it supports dharma and vrata culture by giving a mapped sacred world rather than advancing sarga or vaṃśa narration.

What is the symbolic significance?

Linking rivers to Pāriyātra/Avanti suggests a ‘sacred corridor’—a mythic cartography where mountains (firmness) and rivers (movement) together structure the pilgrim’s path.