Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देविकायास् तटे वीरनगरं नाम वै पुरम् समृद्धम् अतिरम्यं च पुलस्त्येन निवेशितम्

Transliteration

devikāyās taṭe vīranagaraṃ nāma vai puram samṛddham atiramyaṃ ca pulastyena niveśitam

Translation

在德维迦河岸边，有一座名为“毗罗那伽罗”（Vīranagara）的城邑——富庶而极其悦目——为圣者普罗萨底耶（Pulastya）所建立。

Word by Word

• देविकायाः: of (the river) Devikā
• देविकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वीरनगरम्: Vīranagara (name of a city)
• वीरनगरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नामधेय-समासः)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (particle) ‘named/called’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: वै-निपातः (emphatic/assurance particle)

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वीरनगरम्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• समृद्धम्: prosperous
• समृद्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समृद्ध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √ऋध् with सम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पुरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अतिरम्यम्: very delightful
• अतिरम्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पुरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘अति-’ उपसर्गेण तीव्रता

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• पुलस्त्येन: by Pulastya
• पुलस्त्येन: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• निवेशितम्: established; founded
• निवेशितम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + विश् (धातु) → निवेशित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (past passive participle): ‘established/settled’—‘पुरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Setting the locale for Ṛbhu–Nidāgha instruction (Vīranagara on Devikā)

Teaching: Historical

Quality: descriptive

Characters & Entities

• Devikā (river)
• Vīranagara (city)
• Pulastya (sage)

FAQs

What is the significance of sacred geography (rivers and cities) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames a riverbank settlement as part of a divinely ordered landscape, where places founded by great ṛṣis become anchors of dharma, memory, and pilgrimage within Vishnu’s cosmic governance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of ṛṣis like Pulastya in shaping the world?

In the descriptive chapters, Parāśara presents ṛṣis as culture-founders: they establish cities and sacred sites, embedding spiritual authority into the physical terrain and linking human society to the cosmic order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even in geographic narration, the Purāṇa implies that the stability and prosperity of the world—its rivers, cities, and righteous foundations—operate within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty as the sustaining Supreme Reality.