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Shloka 99

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

कोई उनके विषयमें यह निश्चय करने लगे कि “ये ब्रह्माजीके पुत्र, सबके अग्रज एवं ब्रह्मयोनि सनत्कुमार हैं' ।। केचिन्महेश्वरसुतं केचित्‌ पुत्र विभावसो: । उमाया: कृत्तिकानां च गज़ायाश्न वदन्त्युत,कोई उन्हें महादेवजीका, कोई अग्निका, कोई पार्वतीका, कोई कृत्तिकाओंका और कोई गंगाजीका पुत्र बताने लगे

ke cin maheśvara-sutaṁ ke cit putraṁ vibhāvasoḥ | umāyāḥ kṛttikānāṁ ca gaṅgāyāś ca vadanty uta ||

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Einige entschieden: „Er ist Sanatkumāra, Sohn Brahmās, der Älteste von allen und Ursprung der brahmanischen Erkenntnis.“ Andere jedoch nannten ihn den Sohn Maheśvaras (Śiva); wieder andere den Sohn Vibhāvasus (Agni); und manche erklärten ihn zum Sohn Umās (Pārvatī), der Kṛttikās und sogar der Gaṅgā.

केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक- (कश्चित्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महेश्वरसुतम्the son of Maheshvara (Shiva)
महेश्वरसुतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर-सुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक- (कश्चित्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विभावसोःof Vibhāvasu (Agni)
विभावसोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविभावसु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उमायाःof Umā (Pārvatī)
उमायाः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootउमा
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
कृत्तिकानाम्of the Kṛttikās (Pleiades)
कृत्तिकानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्तिका
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गङ्गायाःof Gaṅgā
गङ्गायाः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वदन्तिthey say
वदन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
उतalso / moreover
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)
V
Vibhāvasu (Agni)
U
Umā (Pārvatī)
K
Kṛttikās
G
Gaṅgā
S
Sanatkumāra (as referenced in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that sacred figures may be understood through multiple, overlapping traditions; different communities attribute the same being to different divine sources, suggesting that mythic truth can be multi-perspectival rather than confined to a single genealogy.

Vaiśampāyana reports differing claims about a revered figure’s parentage: some call him Śiva’s son, others Agni’s, and others connect him to Pārvatī, the Kṛttikās, and Gaṅgā—indicating widespread debate or varied received accounts about his origin.