Varaha Purana 86.29: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 29

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

ततश्च वायुः प्रवर्तते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.29

Transliteration

tataś ca vāyuḥ pravartate

Translation

Wtedy wiatr zaczyna się poruszać i wchodzi w ruch.

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Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; काल/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); अपादान/कालार्थे (thence/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction/and)

• वायुः: wind / air
• वायुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवर्तते: begins / proceeds / sets in motion
• प्रवर्तते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्तरि-प्रयोग

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a concise formula describing environmental dynamics (wind movement) within a larger descriptive register of the landscape.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit location is specified in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction is stated; the focus is descriptive, contributing to a worldview attentive to natural processes.