Shloka 27

Matsya Purana — Genealogy of Kaśyapa: Ādityas

Devanagari script

इल्वलो नमुचिश्चैव श्वसृपश् चाजनस् तथा नरकः कालनाभश्च सरमाणस् तथैव च //

Transliteration

ilvalo namuciścaiva śvasṛpaś cājanas tathā narakaḥ kālanābhaśca saramāṇas tathaiva ca //

Translation

Ilvala and Namuci, and also Śvasṛpa and Ajana; Naraka and Kālanābha, and likewise Saramāṇa—these too are named among them.

Word by Word

• इल्वलः (ilvalaḥ): Ilvala (a demon-name)

• नमुचिः (namuciḥ): Namuci (a demon-name)

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed/also

• श्वसृपः (śvasṛpaḥ): Śvasṛpa (a named being, lit. 'dog-serpent/creeper')

• च (ca): and

• अजनः (ajanaḥ): Ajana (a named being)

• तथा (tathā): likewise

• नरकः (narakaḥ): Naraka (a named being)

• कालनाभः (kālanābhaḥ): Kālanābha (lit. 'time/darkness-naveled', a named being)

• च (ca): and

• सरमाणः (saramāṇaḥ): Saramāṇa (a named being)

• तथा एव (tathaiva): just so/likewise

• च (ca): and.

Speaker

• Sūta (narrator) relaying the Purāṇic list within the Matsya Purāṇa’s early genealogical account

Entities Mentioned

• Ilvala
• Namuci
• Śvasṛpa
• Ajana
• Naraka
• Kālanābha
• Saramāṇa

Tags

• Genealogies
• Daityas
• Danavas
• Asuras
• Puranic Catalogues

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not a Pralaya (dissolution) teaching; it functions as a genealogical/categorical naming of beings (often classed as Asuras/Daityas/Dānavas) within the Purāṇa’s early-world catalogues.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Directly, it does not prescribe rājadharma or gṛhastha-dharma; indirectly, such catalogues frame the Purāṇic moral universe by identifying forces opposed to dharma, against which kings are expected to protect society.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, iconographic, or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; it is purely a name-list within a mythic-genealogical register.