Varaha Purana 82.9: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 9

The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division

Devanagari script

सीता च अलकनन्दा चक्षुर्भद्रा चेति नामभिः।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 82.9

Transliteration

sītā cālakanandā cakṣurbhadrā ceti nāmabhiḥ.

Translation

Oto ich imiona: Sītā, Alakanandā oraz Cakṣurbhadrā.

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Word by Word

• सीता: Sītā (name)
• सीता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (Sg.)

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

• अलकनन्दा: Alakanandā (name)
• अलकनन्दा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलकनन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (Sg.)

• चक्षुर्भद्रा: Cakṣurbhadrā (name)
• चक्षुर्भद्रा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् + भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (Sg.); कर्मधारयः: 'भद्रा चक्षुः-रूपा/चक्षुषां भद्रा' (name)

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नामभिः: by the names
• नामभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Inst. 3), बहुवचन (Pl.)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Sacred Rivers

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a catalog-style listing of river names, a common Purāṇic method for mapping sacred geography and regional memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

Alakanandā is widely associated with a Himalayan river system in later and modern usage; the verse itself lists names without precise coordinates.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text’s naming practice supports cultural heritage preservation by treating rivers as identifiable, remembered entities within a shared geographic imagination.