Varaha Purana 86.24: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 24

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

सप्तमस्तु ककुद्मान्नाम सैव मन्दरः कीर्त्यते॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 86.24

Transliteration

saptamas tu kakudmān nāma saiva mandaraḥ kīrtyate

Translation

ส่วนภูเขาลำดับที่เจ็ดมีนามว่า ‘กกุทมาน’; ภูเขาเดียวกันนั้นเป็นที่กล่าวขานว่า ‘มันทร’

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Word by Word

• सप्तमः: the seventh
• सप्तमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective used substantively ‘the seventh’

• तु: but / and
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: Adversative/contrast particle (तु-निपात)

• ककुद्मान्: Kakudmān (name)
• ककुद्मान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुद्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; possessive stem in -मत् (मतुप्) used as proper name

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: Name-indicator particle (नाम-निपात)

• सा: that (one)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• मन्दरः: Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name

• कीर्त्यते: is famed / is called
• कीर्त्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Toponymy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a well-known Purāṇic mountain name (Mandara) with a local designation (Kakudmān), showing how traditions reconcile multiple naming streams.

Which geographic location is identified?

The seventh mountain in the series for Kūśadvīpa, called Kakudmān/Mandara.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

None stated; the function is classificatory and geographic.