Varaha Purana 114.4: Adhyaya 114, Shloka 4

The Varāha Incarnation and Pṛthivī’s Inquiries on Ritual Procedure and Devotional Outcomes

Devanagari script

अहं त्वां धारयिष्यामि सशैलवनकाननाम् ॥ ससागरां ससरितं सप्तद्वीपसमन्विताम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 114.4

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvāṃ dhārayiṣyāmi saśailavanakānanām || sasāgarāṃ sasaritaṃ saptadvīpasamanvitām ||

Translation

เราจักอุ้มชูท่าน—พร้อมด้วยภูผา พนไพร และอุทยาน; พร้อมด้วยมหาสมุทรและสายนที; อันประกอบด้วยทวีปทั้งเจ็ด (ทวีปะ)

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Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dhārayiṣyāmi: I will support/hold
• dhārayiṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-śaila-vana-kānanām: with mountains, forests, and groves
• sa-śaila-vana-kānanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सह-समास/स-समास: 'with'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण of (tvām=earth)

• sa-sāgarām: with oceans
• sa-sāgarām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सह-तत्पुरुष (with-ocean); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण

• sa-saritam: with rivers
• sa-saritam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सह-तत्पुरुष (with-rivers); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन रूपम्; अपेक्षितं स्त्रीलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन 'sa-saritām' (earth). पाठे लिङ्ग-रूपभेदः सम्भाव्यः

• sapta-dvīpa-samanvitām: endowed with seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-samanvitām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; 'endowed with seven islands/continents'

Speaker

Varāha (Viṣṇu/Mādhava)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Puranic Cosmology
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a classical Purāṇic model of world-structure (dvīpas, oceans, rivers) and embeds it in a narrative of protection and restoration.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers to the cosmographic 'seven dvīpas' rather than a single identifiable modern location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A stewardship-oriented principle is conveyed: the Earth is valued as an integrated system of landforms and waters that must be supported and preserved.