Shloka 3
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
तृतीये तु गणॆ देवाः शिवाख्या मुनिसत्तम ।
शिवाः स्वरूपतस्ते तु श्रुताः पापप्रणाशनाः ॥
tṛtīye tu gaṇe devāḥ śivākhyā munisattama / śivāḥ svarūpatas te tu śrutāḥ pāpapraṇāśanāḥ
In the third group, O best of sages, the gods were called Śivākhyas. They are auspicious in their very nature, and are heard of as destroyers of sin.
FAQs
Auspiciousness (śiva) is treated as an active purifying force: alignment with beneficence is itself ‘sin-destroying’ in consequence and orientation.
Manvantara: another component of the standard manvantara roster—classification of devas.
‘Śiva by nature’ points to intrinsic sattva: when the mind rests in auspicious clarity, pāpa (binding tendency) is said to be dissolved.