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Varaha Purana 91.25: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 25

The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit

ब्रह्मलोकादहं दैत्य मन्दराद्रिमुपागतः । तत्र देवीपुरं दृष्टं कुमारिशतसङ्कुलम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 91.25

brahmalokād ahaṃ daitya mandarādrim upāgataḥ | tatra devīpuraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kumārīśatasaṅkulam ||

“Wahai Daitya, dari Brahmaloka aku datang ke Mandarādri. Di sana aku melihat kota Sang Dewi, yang dipenuhi ratusan gadis.”

ब्रह्मलोकात्from Brahmaloka
ब्रह्मलोकात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दैत्यO Daitya
दैत्य:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन
मन्दर-अद्रिम्Mandara mountain
मन्दर-अद्रिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दर (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मन्दरः अद्रिः)
उपागतः(having) come / arrived
उपागतः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप+आ+गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त) परस्मैपद-भावे, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (I have come)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
देवी-पुरम्the goddess’s city
देवी-पुरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देव्याः पुरम्)
दृष्टम्seen
दृष्टम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘seen’
कुमारि-शत-सङ्कुलम्crowded with hundreds of maidens
कुमारि-शत-सङ्कुलम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुमारी (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कुमारिशतैः सङ्कुलम् = filled with hundreds of maidens)

Nārada

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
A
Ancient Geography (mythic)
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It records interlinked Purāṇic sacred geographies (Brahmaloka–Mandara), useful for studying how texts map cosmology onto named mountains and courts.

Mandarādri (Mount Mandara) is named; it is a prominent mythic mountain in Sanskrit literature, often associated with cosmic events (e.g., churning narratives), though not reducible to a single confirmed modern site.

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as a witness-report establishing credibility and place.

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