Varaha Purana 86.25: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 25

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

तस्यापरेणाम्बिकेयः स च विभ्राजसो भण्यते॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.25

Transliteration

tasyāpareṇāmbikeyaḥ sa ca vibhrājaso bhaṇyate

Translation

اس کے آگے ‘امبِکیہ’ ہے؛ اور اسی کو ‘وِبھراجس’ بھی کہا جاتا ہے۔

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / beyond that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• अपरेण: further / beyond
• अपरेण: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense via adverbial instrumental)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; used adverbially ‘further/beyond’

• अम्बिकेयः: Ambikeya (name)
• अम्बिकेयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; patronymic/derivative ‘son/descendant of Ambikā’ used as proper name

• सः: he / that one
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• विभ्राजसः: Vibhrājasa (name)
• विभ्राजसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभ्राजस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name (variant reading possible)

• भण्यते: is said / is called
• भण्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भण् (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 continues the Purāṇic practice of recording variant names, valuable for textual criticism and comparative Purāṇa studies.

Which geographic location is identified?

A feature (likely a mountain) in Kūśadvīpa known as Ambikeya/Vibhrājasa.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical teaching is present in this naming statement.