Varaha Purana 75.82: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

परिभ्रमज्ज्योतिषां या सा रुद्रेन्द्रमता शुभा ॥ ७५.८२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.82

Transliteration

paribhramajjyotiṣāṃ yā sā rudrendramatā śubhā || 75.82 ||

Translation

Ta pomyślna manifestacja, która składa się z obracających się świateł, jest ceniona w doktrynach związanych z Rudrą i Indrą.

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Word by Word

• परिभ्रमज्: moving around/whirling
• परिभ्रमज्: Karta (कर्ता—participle qualifying)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (agreeing with ‘सा’)

• ज्योतिषाम्: of the luminaries/lights
• ज्योतिषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• या: who/which
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• सा: she/that
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (correlative)

• रुद्रेन्द्रमता: approved by Rudra and Indra
• रुद्रेन्द्रमता: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + इन्द्र + मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘रुद्रेण इन्द्रेण च मता’ (approved/held by Rudra and Indra)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies ‘सा’)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Philology
• Inter-sectarian Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style cosmological idiom in which 'jyotis' (lights/luminous bodies) are described as moving or revolving, and it also records a doctrinal attribution linking the description to traditions associated with Rudra and Indra—useful for studying overlapping theological vocabularies in early Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily cosmological and doctrinal rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on recognizing an 'auspicious' cosmic order characterized by luminous motion, framed through acknowledged doctrinal lineages.