Varaha Purana 196.6: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 6

Description of the City of Dharmarāja

Yama

Devanagari script

दीर्घिकाश्च तथा कान्ता नलिन्यश्च सरांसि च ॥ तडागाश्चैव कूपाश्च वृक्षषण्डाः सुशोभनाः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 196.6

Transliteration

dīrghikāś ca tathā kāntā nalinyaś ca sarāṁsi ca || taḍāgāś caiva kūpāś ca vṛkṣaṣaṇḍāḥ suśobhanāḥ

Translation

Di sana terdapat kolam-kolam yang panjang, taman teratai yang indah dan tasik; demikian juga takungan air, perigi, serta kelompok pepohon yang dihias elok.

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Word by Word

• dīrghikāḥ: ponds / long tanks
• dīrghikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīrghikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise / also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• kāntāḥ: beloved women / lovely ones
• kāntāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāntā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nalinyaḥ: lotus-ponds / lotus-beds
• nalinyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nalinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarāṁsi: lakes
• sarāṁsi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• taḍāgāḥ: tanks / reservoirs
• taḍāgāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• kūpāḥ: wells
• kūpāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ: groves of trees
• vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'वृक्षाणां षण्डाः'

• su-śobhanāḥ: very beautiful
• su-śobhanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय: 'सुशोभनाः' = 'अतिशयेन शोभनाः'

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a cultural memory of water-management features (ponds, reservoirs, wells) presented as markers of an idealized settlement/landscape in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is given in this verse; it functions as a generalized description of a richly furnished landscape.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse values cultivated ecology—maintained water bodies and tree-groves—as part of a well-ordered human environment.