Varaha Purana 86.11: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 11

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

तस्यापरेण जलधारो नाम गिरिः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.11

Transliteration

tasyāpareṇa jaladhāro nāma giriḥ

Translation

ทางด้านตะวันตก/อีกฟากหนึ่งของภูเขานั้น มีภูเขานามว่า ‘ชลธารา’

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of it / of that (mountain)
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपरेण: on the other side / beyond
• अपरेण: अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध (Adhikaraṇa/Relational)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्; ‘on the other side/next to’ (instrumental of relation)

• जलधारः: Jaladhāra (name) / water-stream
• जलधारः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + धार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य धारः = जलप्रवाहः; नामरूपेण)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (naming marker: ‘by name’)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Eco-Hydrology in Texts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Hydrology-themed toponyms (‘Jaladhāra’) illustrate how Purāṇic geography encodes environmental observation and the cultural value of water sources.

Which geographic location is identified?

A mountain called Jaladhāra is named relative to the previously mentioned mountain; precise modern identification is indeterminate from this fragment alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the naming foregrounds water-bearing landscapes as culturally significant, supporting a conservation-oriented reading without prescribing ritual obligation.