Varaha Purana 148.46: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 46

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

ध्रुवो यत्र तु तिष्ठेत मेरुशृङ्गे शिलोच्चये ॥ तत्र मोदति सुश्रोणि अप्सरोभिर्यथासुखम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 148.46

Transliteration

dhruvo yatra tu tiṣṭheta meruśṛṅge śiloccaye || tatra modati suśroṇi apsarobhir yathāsukham ||

Translation

Di tempat Dhruva bersemayam—di puncak batu yang tinggi di Gunung Meru—di sana, wahai yang berpinggul indah, dia bersuka ria bersama para apsara dengan tenteram.

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Word by Word

• dhruvaḥ: Dhruva
• dhruvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय) of place

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• tiṣṭhet: should stay / may stand
• tiṣṭhet: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• meru-śṛṅge: on the peak of Meru
• meru-śṛṅge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘on Meru’s peak’

• śilā-uccaye: on a rocky eminence
• śilā-uccaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘on a heap/mass of rocks’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• modati: rejoices
• modati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• su-śroṇi: O fair-hipped one
• su-śroṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; बहुव्रीहि ‘she whose hips are beautiful’

• apsarobhiḥ: with apsarases
• apsarobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument or accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yathā-sukham: as he pleases / comfortably
• yathā-sukham: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound functioning as adverb; indeclinable

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Mythic Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic cosmography linking Dhruva with Meru, showing how astronomical and mythic-geographical ideas were narrated in classical Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Meru is a cosmological mountain rather than a single empirically locatable peak; the verse situates Dhruva on Meru’s summit within the Purāṇic world-model.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys cosmological description; ethically, it underscores the ideal of steadiness (dhruva) as a valued quality through symbolic geography.