Varaha Purana 81.68: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 68

Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa

Devanagari script

तत्र चानेककिन्नरगन्धर्वोपगीतमुमावनं नामाप्सरोभिरनेकपुष्पलतावल्लीभिरुपेतम्॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 81.68

Transliteration

tatra cānekakinnaragandharvopagītam umāvanaṃ nāma apsarobhir anekapuṣpalatāvallībhir upetam |

Translation

అక్కడ ‘ఉమావనం’ అనే ఉపవనం ఉంది; అనేక కిన్నరులు, గంధర్వులు దానిని గానంతో కీర్తిస్తారు; అప్సరసలతోను, అనేక పుష్పలతా-వల్లీలతోను అది శోభిస్తుంది।

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Word by Word

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

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

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; (समासपूर्वपद) 'many'

• किन्नर: Kinnaras
• किन्नर: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग)

• गन्धर्व: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग)

• उपगीतम्: sung/celebrated by
• उपगीतम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + गा (धातु) + उपगीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (umāvanaṃ)

• उमावनम्: Umā’s forest (Umāvana)
• उमावनम्: कर्म/विषय (Karma/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of Umā' + 'forest'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable; 'by name/called')

• अप्सरोभिः: by Apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; (समासपूर्वपद)

• पुष्प: flowers
• पुष्प: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग)

• लता: creepers
• लता: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग)

• वल्लीभिः: with vines
• वल्लीभिः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; (समासोत्तरपद)

• उपेतम्: endowed with
• उपेतम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + इ (धातु) + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (umāvanaṃ): 'endowed/attended with'

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Sacred Groves
• Purāṇic Aesthetics
• Cultural Ecology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a model of the ‘sacred grove’ as a cultural-ecological unit—where biodiversity imagery (creepers, flowers) is integrated with performing arts motifs (song), informing studies of heritage landscapes.

Which geographic location is identified?

A named site, Umā-vana (‘Grove of Umā’), is identified within the described region, though the excerpt alone does not allow a confident modern geographical correlation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it presents groves as valued cultural heritage spaces—suggesting preservation through reverent description rather than explicit rules.