Varaha Purana 75.80: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

सा पुर्याममरावत्यां क्रममाणेन्दुरा प्रभौ । तया तिरस्कृता वा अपि सूर्येन्दुज्योतिषां गणाः ॥ ७५.८० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.80

Transliteration

sā puryām amarāvatyāṁ kramamāṇendurā prabhau | tayā tiraskṛtā vā api sūryendujyotiṣāṁ gaṇāḥ || 75.80 ||

Translation

ในนครอมราวตี นางผู้รุ่งเรืองดุจจันทร์ก้าวไปอย่างมีจังหวะสงบ; ด้วยรัศมีของนาง หมู่แสงสว่างทั้งสุริยะ จันทรา และดวงประทีปแห่งฟ้าก็ดูประหนึ่งถูกกลบจนหม่นลง।

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Word by Word

• सा: she/that (lady)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• पुर्याम्: in the city
• पुर्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अमरावत्याम्: in Amarāvatī
• अमरावत्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नगर-नाम (proper noun)

• क्रममाण: moving/advancing
• क्रममाण: Karta (कर्ता/Agent—participle qualifying)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with ‘इन्दु’)

• इन्दु: the moon
• इन्दु: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—of ‘moving’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आ: towards/fully (preverb)
• आ: Upasarga (उपसर्ग/Preverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb)

• प्रभौ: in/at the lord (i.e., in the presence of the Lord)
• प्रभौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तया: by her
• तया: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तिरस्कृता: having been eclipsed/obscured (i.e., eclipsing)
• तिरस्कृता: Karta (कर्ता—predicate adjective of ‘सा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तिरस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘तिरस्कृ’ = ‘तिरस्’ उपसर्ग + ‘कृ’

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विकल्पार्थ (or)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि = ‘even/also’

• सूर्येन्दुज्योतिषाम्: of the lights of the sun and moon
• सूर्येन्दुज्योतिषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + इन्दु + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (collective sense), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (सूर्यश्च इन्दुश्च—तयोः ज्योतिषि/ज्योतयः)

• गणाः: groups/hosts
• गणाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic literary technique: describing an extraordinary figure by stating that even cosmic lights (sun, moon, stars) appear diminished, reflecting courtly and epic-era aesthetics within Purāṇic narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

Amarāvatī is named; in Sanskrit literature it is primarily the mythic/celestial city associated with Indra, rather than a single securely identifiable terrestrial site in modern geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is chiefly descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on the portrayal of exceptional radiance and presence, using cosmic comparison to convey cultural ideals of excellence.