Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 24

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

पारा चर्मण्वती लूपी विदिशा वेणुमत्यपि सिप्रा ह्यवन्ती च तथा पारियात्राश्रयाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

pārā carmaṇvatī lūpī vidiśā veṇumatyapi siprā hyavantī ca tathā pāriyātrāśrayāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

پارا، چرمَنوَتی، لوپی، ودیشا اور وینو متی؛ نیز سِپرا اور اَوَنتی—یہ ندیاں پاریاترا پہاڑی خطّے سے وابستہ یاد کی جاتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• पारा: Pārā (river name)
• पारा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चर्मण्वती: Carmaṇvatī (river name)
• चर्मण्वती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मण्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लूपी: Lūpī (river name)
• लूपी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लूपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विदिशा: Vidiśā (river name)
• विदिशा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वेणुमती: Veṇumatī (river name)
• वेणुमती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• सिप्रा: Siprā (river name)
• सिप्रा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिप्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• अवन्ती: Avantī (river name)
• अवन्ती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• पारियात्र-आश्रयाः: (rivers) belonging to/issuing from Pāriyātra
• पारियात्र-आश्रयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारियात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा; (स्त्रीलिङ्गाः नद्यः) विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘पारियात्रस्य आश्रयाः’ (having Pāriyātra as their abode/origin)

• स्मृताः: are said/are remembered
• स्मृताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural used predicatively; agrees with implied ‘नद्यः’); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग: ‘are said/are remembered’

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical frame; not explicit in the given excerpt)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Regional Pilgrimage Networks
• Tirtha Toponymy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Holiness is presented as distributed across regions: the pilgrim’s dharma is not confined to one shrine but extends through interconnected landscapes and waterways.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is tīrtha/geography material embedded within a Purāṇa; it supports dharma and vrata culture by giving a mapped sacred world rather than advancing sarga or vaṃśa narration.

What is the symbolic significance?

Linking rivers to Pāriyātra/Avanti suggests a ‘sacred corridor’—a mythic cartography where mountains (firmness) and rivers (movement) together structure the pilgrim’s path.