Varaha Purana 86.35: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 35

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

तस्य च मध्ये शाकवृक्षस्तत्र च सप्तमहानद्यो द्विनाम्न्यः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.35

Transliteration

tasya ca madhye śākavṛkṣas tatra ca saptamahānadyau dvināmnyaḥ

Translation

A w jego środku znajduje się drzewo szaka; tam również są siedem wielkich rzek o dwóch nazwach.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शाकवृक्षः: the Śāka-tree
• शाकवृक्षः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शाकस्य वृक्षः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

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

• सप्तमहानद्यः: seven great rivers
• सप्तमहानद्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + महा + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (सप्तसंख्या-पूर्वपद)

• द्विनाम्न्यः: having two names / double-named
• द्विनाम्न्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (द्वे नाम्नी यस्याः/यासाम्) विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines vegetation markers and hydrological cataloguing, a characteristic method for describing sacred/recognized regions in Purāṇic geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse points to an unnamed region “in its middle”; the specific location is supplied by surrounding verses not included here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly emphasizes the cultural value of rivers and trees as defining features of inhabited space, aligning with conservation-minded documentation.