Shloka 29

Manvantarāṇukīrtana

Enumeration of the Manvantaras and Manus

Devanagari script

सत्यनेत्ररताश्चान्ये एते सप्तर्षयोऽपरे । देवाश्च भूतरजसस्तपःप्रकृतयस्तथा

Transliteration

satyanetraratāścānye ete saptarṣayo'pare | devāśca bhūtarajasastapaḥprakṛtayastathā

Translation

Others, devoted to the vision of Truth, are these other great Seven Sages. Likewise there are gods whose nature is born of the guṇas of beings, and others whose very constitution is austerity (tapas).

Word by Word

• सत्यनेत्ररताः: devoted to the true-eyed (one) / devoted to Satyanetra
• सत्यनेत्ररताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-नेत्र-रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—सत्यनेत्रे रताः (locative-tatpuruṣa sense)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग (others)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; निर्देशार्थक (these)

• सप्तर्षयः: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त + ऋषि)

• अपरे: others (another group)
• अपरे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (others/another set)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूतरजसः: having the rajas of beings / of elemental rajas
• भूतरजसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत-रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—भूतानां रजः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तपःप्रकृतयः: whose nature is austerity
• तपःप्रकृतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्-प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तपसः प्रकृतयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (likewise/also)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: manvantara ontology (classification of sages and devas by guṇa/tapas dispositions)

Characters & Entities

• Saptarishis
• Devas

FAQs

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

It distinguishes spiritual temperaments: some beings are oriented to satya-darśana (truth-vision), some are shaped by guṇic impulses, and some are naturally grounded in tapas—implying that liberation in Shaiva thought matures through purification and Shiva-oriented insight beyond the guṇas.

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

Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship is a practical support for moving from guṇa-driven life toward satya-darśana; devotion, discipline, and contemplation refine the seeker so Shiva’s reality is ‘seen’ rather than merely believed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Tapas is the implied discipline: steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), along with purity practices like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha, to stabilize the mind and grow truth-oriented perception.