Varaha Purana 75.8: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 8

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णं पर्वतैरुपशोभितम् । सर्वधातुविवृद्धैश्च शिलाजालसमुद्भवैः । पर्वतप्रभवाभिश्च नदीभिः सर्वतश्चितम् ॥ ७५.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.8

Transliteration

siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ parvatair upaśobhitam | sarvadhātuvivṛddhaiś ca śilājālasamudbhavaiḥ | parvataprabhavābhiś ca nadībhiḥ sarvataś citam || 75.8 ||

Translation

ที่นั่นเนืองแน่นด้วยเหล่าสิทธะและจารณะ งดงามด้วยภูเขา; อุดมด้วยแร่ธาตุนานาชนิดและเครือข่ายศิลาอันบังเกิดขึ้น ณ ที่นั้น; และเต็มไปทุกทิศด้วยสายน้ำที่กำเนิดจากภูผา।

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Word by Word

• siddha-cāraṇa-saṃkīrṇam: filled with Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• siddha-cāraṇa-saṃkīrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) — (jambūdvīpam implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदik) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदik) + saṃ-kīrṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदik; √kṝ/√kīr (धातु))
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘saṃkīrṇa’ (mixed/filled); tatpuruṣa: ‘siddhaiḥ cāraṇaiḥ ca saṃkīrṇam’ (instrumental sense; dvandva-like members but overall determinative)

• parvataiḥ: with mountains
• parvataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• upaśobhitam: adorned
• upaśobhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√śubh (धातु) → upaśobhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; kta-participle (adorned/beautified)

• sarva-dhātu-vivṛddhaiḥ: with (mountains) rich in all minerals
• sarva-dhātu-vivṛddhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) — with (those) abounding in all minerals
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदik) + dhātu (प्रातिपदik) + vi-vṛddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदik; √vṛdh (धातु))
• Form: Puṁliṅga/Napuṁsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; kta ‘vivṛddha’ (abounding); tatpuruṣa: ‘sarvaiḥ dhātubhiḥ vivṛddhaiḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• śilā-jāla-samudbhavaiḥ: arising from masses of rocks
• śilā-jāla-samudbhavaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदik) + jāla (प्रातिपदik) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/Napuṁsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘śilājālāt samudbhavaiḥ’ (arising from networks/masses of rocks)

• parvata-prabhavābhiḥ: originating from mountains
• parvata-prabhavābhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) — nadībhiḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदik) + prabhava (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; agreeing with nadībhiḥ; tatpuruṣa: ‘parvatāt prabhavāḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• nadībhiḥ: with rivers
• nadībhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• sarvataḥ: everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyayam; adverb ‘everywhere/on all sides’

• citam: filled/strewn
• citam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ci (धातु) → cita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘heaped/arranged/filled’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Description

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic mode of cataloguing sacred/idealized landscapes through markers such as mountains, rivers, and semi-divine inhabitants (Siddhas, Cāraṇas), reflecting how cultural geography and environmental features are integrated in Sanskrit narrative description.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is given in this isolated verse; it describes a generalized or previously introduced region characterized by mountain ranges, mineral abundance, and mountain-fed rivers.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than an explicit injunction, the verse foregrounds ecological abundance—mountains, minerals, and river systems—supporting a cultural-heritage framing where natural features are treated as noteworthy and worthy of careful preservation within the text’s sacred-geographic imagination.