Shloka 14

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

एते युगसहस्रांते जायंते पुनरेव हि । सर्वदेवनिकायाश्च त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु कामजाः

Transliteration

ete yugasahasrāṃte jāyaṃte punareva hi | sarvadevanikāyāśca trayastriṃśattu kāmajāḥ

Translation

At the close of a thousand yugas, these beings are indeed born again. And the entire host of gods—the thirty-three—are said to arise from will, from desire.

Word by Word

• ete: these (ones)
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yuga-sahasra-ante: at the end of a thousand yugas
• yuga-sahasra-ante: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष sense: 'at the end of (a) thousand yugas'

• jāyante: are born / arise
• jāyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) (जन्)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/Emphatic (निपात)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Reason marker (हेतु-सूचक निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/explanatory

• sarva-deva-nikāyāḥ: of the entire host of gods
• sarva-deva-nikāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + nikāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense 'the group of all gods'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• trayas-triṃśat: thirty-three
• trayas-triṃśat: Karta (कर्ता) (as apposition to ete)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayas (प्रातिपदिक) + triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन) in sense; sandhi form used as numeral 'thirty-three'

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Contrast marker (विरोध/विशेष निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• kāma-jāḥ: born of will/desire
• kāma-jāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of 'ete/trayastriṃśat'
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः: तत्पुरुष ('born of desire/will')

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: yuga-cycle renewal at the end of a thousand yugas

Characters & Entities

• Devas (thirty-three gods)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It stresses cyclical time: even divine beings reappear at cosmic intervals, indicating that all conditioned beings remain within recurring creation, while liberation is attained by turning to Shiva as the supreme Pati beyond such cycles.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Since even the devas arise within manifestation, the verse implicitly directs devotees to worship Saguna Shiva in the Linga as the accessible form of the transcendent Lord who governs creation and grants release from repeated birth.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with devotion, supported by Shaiva disciplines like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrāksha, to reduce desire-driven bondage.