Varaha Purana 78.5: Adhyaya 78, Shloka 5

Names of the Four Directional Mountain-Kings and Their Lakes

Rudra’s Geographical Description

Devanagari script

वनषण्डांस्तथाक्रम्य देवता ललनायुताः । यत्र क्रीडन्ति चोद्देशे मुदा परमया युताः ॥ ७८.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 78.5

Transliteration

vanaṣaṇḍāṁs tathākramya devatā lalanāyutāḥ | yatra krīḍanti coddeśe mudā paramayā yutāḥ || 78.5 ||

Translation

Tak więc, po przejściu w odpowiedniej kolejności przez gaje leśne, bóstwa - w towarzystwie dziewcząt - bawią się w tym regionie, obdarowane najwyższą radością.

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Word by Word

• वनषण्डान्: groves / forest-thickets
• वनषण्डान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनषण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—वनस्य षण्डः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘thus’)

• आक्रम्य: having traversed
• आक्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः ‘आ’; ‘having traversed/stepped over’

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ललना-युताः: accompanied by women
• ललना-युताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ललना + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘युत’ (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past participle) = ‘joined with’; समासः—ललनाभिः युताः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• क्रीडन्ति: they play
• क्रीडन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• उद्देशे: in a region/spot
• उद्देशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental: ‘with joy’)

• परमया: supreme/great
• परमया: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मुदा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• युताः: endowed/associated
• युताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘joined/possessed’

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sacred Geography
• Ecological Imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping cultural landscapes through evocative descriptions of groves and locales, suggesting how forests and pleasure-gardens functioned as markers of sacred or noteworthy regions in literary geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is given in this verse; it refers generically to an 'uddeśa' (locality/region). Identifying a modern location would require adjacent verses that name the site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical-cultural emphasis is the valuation of wooded groves and pleasant landscapes as significant settings within sacred geography and cultural memory.