Varaha Purana 76.10: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 10

Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities

Devanagari script

तत्तद्गुणवती रम्या पुरी वैवस्वतस्य च । नाम्ना संयमनी नाम पुरी त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता ॥ ७६.१० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 76.10

Transliteration

tattadguṇavatī ramyā purī vaivasvatasya ca | nāmnā saṃyamanī nāma purī trailokyaviśrutā || 76.10 ||

Translation

To rozkoszne miasto, obdarzone takimi zaletami, należy również do Waiwaswaty, Jamy; z nazwy zwie się Samjamanī, miasto słynne w trzech światach.

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Word by Word

• तत्-तत्-गुणवती: possessing various corresponding qualities
• तत्-तत्-गुणवती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + तद् + गुण + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पुरी); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तत्-तत्-गुणैः युक्ता)

• रम्या: lovely
• रम्या: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पुरी: city
• पुरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वैवस्वतस्य: of Vaivasvata (Yama)
• वैवस्वतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना’ = by name

• संयमनी: Saṃyamanī (name of the city)
• संयमनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• नाम: called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: ‘called’)

• पुरी: city
• पुरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-उपपद (apposition)

• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पुरी); सप्तमी/अधिकरण-तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुता = renowned in the three worlds); विश्रुत = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (वि+श्रु)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic toponym—Saṃyamanī—associated with Vaivasvata (Yama), illustrating how Purāṇic literature maps moral-cosmological ideas onto named places within a three-world (trailokya) framework.

Which geographic location is identified?

Saṃyamanī is identified as the city of Vaivasvata (Yama). In scholarship it is typically treated as a cosmographic/puranic locale rather than a securely pinpointed terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not issue a direct ethical injunction; instead, it situates the narrative within a moral-cosmological geography by naming a renowned city linked to Yama, a figure associated with order and judgment.