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Shloka 11

Skanda–Svāhā-saṃvāda; Gaṇa-vyutpatti and Śvetaparvata-vaibhava

Chapter 220

सरय्वां जनयत्‌ सिद्धि भानुं भाभि: समावृणोत्‌ | आग्नेयमानयन्‌ नित्यमाद्दाने होष सूयते,वीरने “सरयू” नामवाली पत्नीके गर्भसे 'सिद्धि' नामक पुत्रको जन्म दिया। सिद्धिने अपनी प्रभासे सूर्यको भी आच्छादित कर लिया। सूर्यके आच्छादित हो जानेपर उसने अग्निदेवता-सम्बन्धी यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया। आह्वान-मन्त्र (अग्निमग्न आवह इत्यादि)-में इस सिद्धि नामक अग्निकी ही स्तुति की जाती है

sarayvāṁ janayat siddhiṁ bhānuṁ bhābhiḥ samāvṛṇot | āgneyam ānayan nityam āddāne hoṣa sūyate ||

قال ماركاندييا: من سارايُو وُلِدَ ابنٌ اسمه «سِدّهي». وبشعاع سِدّهي غُشِّيَتْ حتى الشمس (بهانو) فاحتُجِبَت. فلما احتُجِبَت الشمس على ذلك النحو، كان سِدّهي يداوم على إقامة شعيرةٍ متصلةٍ بأغني (إله النار)؛ وفي منترات الاستدعاء لتلك القرابين يُمَجَّد سِدّهي نفسه، إذ يُعَدّ هو النارَ المستدعاة بعينها. وتُبرز الحادثة معنىً أخلاقيًّا: أن قوة الزهد/التألّق الروحي (tapas/tejas) ينبغي أن تُساق إلى نظام الطقس المشروع لا إلى مجرد الاستعراض، فتُستعادُ الموازنة بعبادةٍ منضبطة.

सरय्वाम्in/at Sarayū (river)
सरय्वाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसरयू
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
जनयत्begot/produced
जनयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (जनयति)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सिद्धिम्Siddhi (name)/success
सिद्धिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
भानुम्the Sun
भानुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभानु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भाभिःwith (his) splendors/rays
भाभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
समावृणोत्covered/veiled completely
समावृणोत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (आवृणोति) with सम्+आ
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
आग्नेयम्Agni-related (rite/sacrifice)
आग्नेयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआग्नेय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आनयन्bringing/performing (by bringing forth)
आनयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयति) with आ
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
आद्दानेin the taking/receiving (rite/occasion)
आद्दाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआदान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
होषHōṣa (name; possibly a person/agent in context)
होष:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहोष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सूयतेis born/is produced
सूयते:
TypeVerb
Rootसू (सूते)
FormPresent (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya
S
Sarayū
S
Siddhi
B
Bhānu (Sun)
A
Agni (fire-deity)
Ā
Āgneya-yajña (Agni-related rite)
Ā
Āhvāna-mantra (invocation mantra)

Educational Q&A

Extraordinary spiritual radiance (tejas) is not an end in itself; it should be integrated into dharmic order through disciplined ritual and right invocation, so that power serves harmony rather than disruption.

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Sarayū bore a son named Siddhi whose brilliance could even obscure the Sun; in response, Siddhi performs an Agni-related rite, and the ritual invocation-mantras are understood as praising and calling this very Siddhi as the fire being invoked.