Varaha Purana 199.32: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 32

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

पुष्करिण्यश्च वाप्यश्च ह्रदा नद्यस्तथैव च ॥ तडागानि च कूपाश्च रुधिरस्य सहस्रशः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.32

Transliteration

puṣkariṇyaś ca vāpyas ca hradā nadyas tathaiva ca || taḍāgāni ca kūpāś ca rudhirasya sahasraśaḥ

Translation

అక్కడ కమలకుండాలు, జలాశయాలు, సరస్సులు, నదులు కూడా ఉన్నాయి; అలాగే రక్తంతో నిండిన చెరువులు, బావులు వేల సంఖ్యలో ఉన్నాయి।

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• puṣkariṇyaḥ: lotus-ponds
• puṣkariṇyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkariṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• vāpyāḥ: tanks/reservoirs
• vāpyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• hradāḥ: lakes
• hradāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• taḍāgāni: ponds
• taḍāgāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• kūpāḥ: wells
• kūpāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• rudhirasya: of blood
• rudhirasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: ‘by thousands/in thousands’)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Mythic Hydrography
• Afterlife Imagery
• Sanskrit Environmental Vocabulary

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates how Purāṇic texts repurpose familiar waterbody terminology to construct a morally charged ‘anti-landscape’ for instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly location is identified; the verse lists generic waterbody categories to describe an otherworldly terrain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage reinforces moral accountability by depicting a comprehensive, inverted geography where life-sustaining waters become symbols of harm.