Varaha Purana 75.53: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

तरुणादित्यसंकाशो विधूम इव पावकः । योजनानां सहस्राणि चतुराशीतिरुच्छ्रितः ॥ ७५.५३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 75.53

Transliteration

taruṇādityasaṃkāśo vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ | yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturāśītir ucchritaḥ || 75.53 ||

Translation

Ia tampak cemerlang seperti matahari muda, seperti api tanpa asap; ketinggiannya menjulang hingga lapan puluh empat ribu yojana.

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Word by Word

• तरुणादित्यसंकाशः: resembling the young sun
• तरुणादित्यसंकाशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण + आदित्य + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तरुणस्य आदित्यस्य संकाशः = तरुणादित्यसदृशः) विशेषणम् (पावकः/मेरुः)

• विधूमः: smokeless
• विधूमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधूम (प्रातिपदिक; वि + धूम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पावकः)

• इव: like/as
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/परिमाण-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-शब्दः

• चतुराशीतिः: eighty-four
• चतुराशीतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुराशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुर् + अशीतिः = 84) संख्यावाचकः

• उच्छ्रितः: raised/tall (in height)
• उच्छ्रितः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/परिमाण-स्थितिवाचक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पावकः/मेरुः)

Speaker

Varāha (default, based on primary dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmographic style, using standardized poetic imagery (sunlike radiance, smokeless fire) and large-scale measurements (yojanas) to convey superhuman or cosmic magnitude in premodern Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; it functions as a cosmological or mythic-scale description rather than a site-identification passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to evoke awe and conceptualize cosmic scale, not to state a direct ethical rule.