Varaha Purana 75.30: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 30

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

एतद्धैमवतं वर्षं भारती यत्र सन्ततिः । हेमकूटं परं यत्र नाम्ना किम्पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ७५.३० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.30

Transliteration

etadd haimavataṁ varṣaṁ bhāratī yatra santatiḥ | hemakūṭaṁ paraṁ yatra nāmnā kiṁpuruṣottamaḥ || 75.30 ||

Translation

Inilah wilayah Haimavata (Himalaya), tempat keturunan Bhāratī (zuriat Bhārata) bersemayam; dan di sana terdapat Hemakūṭa yang luhur, dikenali dengan nama Kiṁpuruṣottama.

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Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• haimavatam: Haimavata (Himalayan)
• haimavatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haimavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; adjective qualifying varṣam

• varṣam: region/land (varṣa)
• varṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• bhāratī: Bhāratī (India/Bhārata-land)
• bhāratī: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāratī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय) meaning 'where'

• santatiḥ: progeny/lineage
• santatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• hemakūṭam: Hemakūṭa (mountain/region)
• hemakūṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hemakūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समास: hema + kūṭa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ‘golden peak’ as a proper name

• param: further/next
• param: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; adjective qualifying hemakūṭam

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय)

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘by name’ (नाम्ना)

• kiṁpuruṣottamaḥ: Kiṁpuruṣottama (name/title)
• kiṁpuruṣottamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṁpuruṣa + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; समास: kiṁpuruṣa-uttama (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘best of the Kiṁpuruṣas’ (proper name)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic model of sacred geography by naming a varṣa (a cosmographical region) associated with Himavat and linking it to a remembered human lineage (Bhāratī santati), illustrating how landscape, ancestry, and cultural memory are interwoven in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse identifies the Haimavata (Himalayan) region and mentions Hemakūṭa, a named mountain in Purāṇic cosmography; modern scholarship generally treats these as mytho-geographic or culturally mapped references rather than single fixed coordinates.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily functions as a descriptive catalog of sacred/cosmographical space; its implicit philosophical instruction is the cultural valuation of landscape as a carrier of lineage, identity, and heritage memory rather than an explicit moral injunction.