Varaha Purana 86.30: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 30

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

उन्नतस्य लोहितं वेणुमण्डलं तदेव भवति

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 86.30

Transliteration

unnatasya lohitaṃ veṇumaṇḍalaṃ tadeva bhavati

Translation

Bagi ciri yang meninggi, yang menjadi tepatnya ialah veṇumaṇḍala, yakni “lingkaran buluh” yang kemerah-merahan.

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Word by Word

• उन्नतस्य: of the elevated (one/thing)
• उन्नतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्नत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• लोहितम्: red
• लोहितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वेणुमण्डलम्: a bamboo-circle / ring of bamboo
• वेणुमण्डलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): वेणोः मण्डलम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• भवति: becomes / is
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; कर्तरि-प्रयोग

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The line exemplifies how Purāṇic texts encode landscape memory through descriptive compounds, potentially preserving older place-descriptors.

Which geographic location is identified?

The term veṇumaṇḍala appears as a descriptor; without the surrounding context it cannot be mapped securely to a modern location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical teaching is present; the verse contributes to cultural heritage documentation of landforms and their naming.