Varaha Purana 81.72: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 72

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

Devanagari script

तथा च मार्कण्डेयवसिष्ठपराशरनलविश्वामित्रोद्दालकादीनां महर्षीणामनेकानि सहस्राण्याश्रमाणां हि भवति ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.72

Transliteration

tathā ca mārkaṇḍeya-vasiṣṭha-parāśara-nala-viśvāmitroddālaka-ādīnāṃ maharṣīṇām anekāni sahasrāṇy āśramāṇāṃ hi bhavati

Translation

ทำนองเดียวกัน ณ ที่นั้นมีอาศรมเป็นพัน ๆ ของมหาฤษีมากมาย เช่น มารกัณฑेय วสิษฐะ ปราศระ นละ วิศวามิตร อุททาลกะ และท่านอื่น ๆ อยู่โดยแท้

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Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha/Prakaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/प्रकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चयबोधक)

• मार्कण्डेय-वसिष्ठ-पराशर-नल-विश्वामित्र-उद्दालक-आदीनाम्: of (the sages) such as Mārkaṇḍeya, Vasiṣṭha, Parāśara, Nala, Viśvāmitra, Uddālaka, etc.
• मार्कण्डेय-वसिष्ठ-पराशर-नल-विश्वामित्र-उद्दालक-आदीनाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārkaṇḍeya + vasiṣṭha + parāśara + nala + viśvāmitra + uddālaka + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व-समासः (collective copulative) + ‘आदि’ (etc.)

• महर्षीणाम्: of the great sages
• महर्षीणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• आश्रमाणाम्: of hermitages
• आश्रमाणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis/निपात)

• भवति: there is/exists
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping cultural memory onto landscape by associating regions with renowned sages and their āśramas.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse functions as a regional inventory rather than naming a single site; it situates numerous sage-hermitages within the broader Niṣadha-related landscape described in the surrounding verses.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it elevates ascetic settlements (āśramas) as cultural-heritage loci, encouraging respect for learning, restraint, and custodianship of sacred landscapes.