Varaha Purana 79.13: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 13

Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove

Devanagari script

एकैकस्याचलेन्द्रस्य मणिशैलस्य चान्तरम् । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं द्वियोजनशतायतम् ॥ ७९.१३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 79.13

Transliteration

ekaikasyācalendrasya maṇiśailasya cāntaram | śatayojanavistīrṇaṁ dviyojanaśatāyatam || 79.13 ||

Translation

ప్రతి పర్వతరాజు మరియు మణిశైల పర్వతం మధ్య అంతరం వెడల్పు వంద యోజనాలు, పొడవు రెండువందల యోజనాలు.

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Word by Word

• eka-ekasya: of each one
• eka-ekasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka (contextual), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; distributive sense ‘of each single one’

• acala-indrasya: of the mountain-lord
• acala-indrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acala (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; acala-indra = ‘lord of mountains’

• maṇi-śailasya: of the jewel-mountain
• maṇi-śailasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; maṇi-śaila = ‘jewel-mountain’

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

• antaram: the interval, space (between)
• antaram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा) / Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; here as subject/predicate ‘the interval/space’

• śata-yojana-vistīrṇam: spread over a hundred yojanas
• śata-yojana-vistīrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + √stṛ (धातु) → vistīrṇa (कृदन्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (past participle) used adjectivally; Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; ‘expanded to 100 yojanas’

• dvi-yojana-śata-āyatam: two-hundred-yojanas long
• dvi-yojana-śata-āyatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; āyata = ‘long/extended’; ‘having length of two hundred yojanas’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Cosmography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography by quantifying sacred geography with yojana-based dimensions, reflecting how premodern Sanskrit texts systematized space for narrative and cultural mapping.

Which geographic location is identified?

Maṇiśaila is named as a mountain; its precise modern identification is uncertain in many Purāṇic contexts and is generally treated by scholars as part of a textual cosmographic landscape rather than a single fixed cartographic referent.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily provides descriptive measurement rather than a direct ethical injunction; indirectly, it supports a worldview where the Earth’s features are carefully enumerated and thus treated as culturally significant landscape.