Shloka 9
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः सोम इत्येतास्तनवः क्रमात् ।
सुवर्चला तथैवोमा विकेशी चापरा स्वधा ॥
dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ soma ity etās tanavaḥ kramāt / suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī cāparā svadhā
“The initiated (ascetic), the brāhmaṇa, and Soma”—these too (together with the prior ones) are the stations in due order. Their consorts are Suvarcalā, likewise Umā, Vikeśī, and another named Svadhā.
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FAQs
The list links Rudra to both natural domains (sun, elements) and dharmic-sacrificial domains (dīkṣā, brāhmaṇa, soma), implying that cosmic order and ritual order mirror one another.
Sarga with Vaṁśa-like cataloguing: stations and consorts are enumerated to formalize the deity’s structured presence.
Consorts function as śakti-correlates of the Rudra forms; naming Umā among them signals that the ‘Rudra principle’ is inseparable from a feminine power that makes it manifest and worshipable.