Varaha Purana 86.10: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 10

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

तद् यथा — कुमुदविद्रुमेति च शोच्यते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.10

Transliteration

tad yathā — kumudavidrumeti ca śocyate

Translation

กล่าวคือ ยังถูกขานว่า ‘กุมุทะ-วิทฺรุมะ’ ด้วย

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Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम; वाक्योपक्रमे ‘that/it’

• यथा: as / thus
• यथा: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: ‘as, thus’)

• कुमुदविद्रुमेति: “Kumuda-vidruma” thus (i.e., by the name Kumuda-vidruma)
• कुमुदविद्रुमेति: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुमुद + विद्रुम + इति (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-रूपेण ‘इति’ (quotative indeclinable); कुमुद, विद्रुम—नामशब्दौ (cited words)

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

• शोच्यते: is called / is said
• शोच्यते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Textual Criticism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents alternate naming (synonymy) for a geographic feature, a key tool for correlating variant manuscript traditions and regional nomenclature.

Which geographic location is identified?

An alternate designation ‘Kumuda-vidruma’ is given for the mountain under discussion; exact modern correlation requires cross-text comparison.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No ethical instruction is stated; the passage functions as a nomenclatural gloss supporting cultural-geographic memory.