Shloka 4

Adhyaya 60 — Descriptions of Kimpurusha-varsha, Hari-varsha, Ilavrita (Meru-varsha), Ramyaka, and Hiranyamaya

Sanskrit

अतः परं किंपुरुषाद्धरिवर्षं प्रचक्ष्यते ।

महारजतसङ्काशा जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः ॥

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṃ kiṃpuruṣād dharivarṣaṃ pracakṣyate | mahā-rajata-saṅkāśā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ ||

Translation

కింపురుషానికి ఆపైన హరివర్షము వర్ణింపబడింది. అక్కడ మనుష్యులు మహా రజతప్రభ వలె తేజస్సుతో జన్మిస్తారు।

Word by Word

• अतः: thereafter/therefore
• अतः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/thereafter)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative: 'further/next')

• किंपुरुषात्: from Kimpuruṣa (region/people)
• किंपुरुषात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• हरिवर्षम्: Harivarṣa (name of a region)
• हरिवर्षम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि-वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; हरि + वर्ष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रचक्ष्यते: is described/declared
• प्रचक्ष्यते: क्रिया (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• महारजतसङ्काशाः: resembling great silver (very silvery)
• महारजतसङ्काशाः: विशेषण (qualifier of मानवाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā-रजत-सङ्काश (प्रातिपदिक; महा + रजत + सङ्काश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• जायन्ते: are born/arise
• जायन्ते: क्रिया (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Puranic narrator describing cosmic geography (frame-speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred Geography
• Idealized human characteristics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purana encodes moral-cosmic hierarchy through geography: certain regions are portrayed as inherently luminous, suggesting that virtue and proximity to the divine order manifest as radiance and refinement.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Cosmographic description supports sarga/pratisarga-style ordering of the world (how the created world is arranged and differentiated), even when not narrating creation events directly.

What is the esoteric significance?

“Silver-like” radiance can be read as a lunar/sattvic symbolism—cool, pure brilliance—indicating a realm dominated by harmony rather than passion or decay.