Shloka 50

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

शशांस्तु जनयामास सुररभिर्महिषांस्तथा । इला वृक्षांल्लता वल्लीस्तृणजातीस्तु सर्वशः

Transliteration

śaśāṃstu janayāmāsa surarabhirmahiṣāṃstathā | ilā vṛkṣāṃllatā vallīstṛṇajātīstu sarvaśaḥ

Translation

The celestial Cow Surabhi brought forth the rabbits, and likewise the buffaloes. From Ilā arose trees, creepers, vines, and every kind of grass—spread everywhere.

Word by Word

• शशान्: hares/rabbits
• शशान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध-प्रकारक (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• जनयामास: generated/produced
• जनयामास: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• सुररभिः: Surarabhī (name)
• सुररभिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुररभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महिषान्: buffaloes
• महिषान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: क्रिया-विशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• इला: Ilā (name)
• इला: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• लता: creeper
• लता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वल्लीः: vines
• वल्लीः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तृणजातीन्: kinds of grasses
• तृणजातीन्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): तृणस्य जातयः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जाति), द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध-प्रकारक (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• सर्वशः: in every way/entirely
• सर्वशः: क्रिया-विशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Surabhi
• Ilā

FAQs

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

It portrays the ordered unfolding of life and vegetation within creation, implying a governed cosmos where manifested beings arise through appointed sources—while, in Shaiva Siddhanta, the supreme Lord (Pati, Shiva) remains the ultimate overseer beyond the manifest chain.

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

By highlighting the diversity of manifested forms, it supports Saguna Shiva worship through the Linga as a unifying focus: devotees contemplate that all names and forms arise within creation, while Shiva is worshipped as the sustaining Lord who transcends and pervades them.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is reverential contemplation of Shiva as the indwelling Lord of all beings during japa of the Panchakshara ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), optionally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha to steady devotion and remembrance.