Shloka 42

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

अश्वानुष्ट्रान्गर्दभांश्च ताम्रा च कश्यपप्रिया । जनयामास चेत्येवं ताम्रावंशाः प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

aśvānuṣṭrāngardabhāṃśca tāmrā ca kaśyapapriyā | janayāmāsa cetyevaṃ tāmrāvaṃśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

Translation

Tāmra, beloved of Kaśyapa, gave birth to horses, camels, and donkeys. Thus, in this manner, the lineages descended from Tāmra are declared.

Word by Word

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• उष्ट्रान्: camels
• उष्ट्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• गर्दभान्: donkeys
• गर्दभान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्दभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ताम्रा: Tāmrā
• ताम्रा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• कश्यपप्रिया: beloved of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपप्रिया: Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्यप + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘कश्यपस्य प्रिया’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• जनयामास: begot/produced
• जनयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्/जनय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयबोधक

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ताम्रावंशाः: descendants/lineages of Tāmrā
• ताम्रावंशाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रा + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ताम्रायाः वंशाः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are proclaimed’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Tāmra
• Kaśyapa

FAQs

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

The verse situates living beings within a divinely ordered cosmos, showing how creation unfolds through ordained lineages; in Shaiva understanding, such order ultimately rests under Pati (Śiva) as the supreme governor of manifestation.

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

Though genealogical, it supports Saguna Śiva’s role as Lord of the manifest universe: devotees honor the Liṅga as the source and support of all categories of beings, including the created lineages described in Purāṇic accounts.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; the takeaway is mindful reverence for Śiva as Pati—pairing daily worship (Liṅga-pūjā) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” to contemplate the divine order behind creation.