Shloka 49

Manvantarāṇukīrtana

Enumeration of the Manvantaras and Manus

Devanagari script

शतानीको निरामित्रो वृषसेनो जयद्रथः । भूरिद्युम्नः सुवर्चार्चिर्दश त्वेते मनोस्सुताः

Transliteration

śatānīko nirāmitro vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ | bhūridyumnaḥ suvarcārcirdaśa tvete manossutāḥ

Translation

Śatānīka, Nirāmitra, Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha, Bhūridyumna, and Suvarcārcis—these ten are declared to be the sons of Manu.

Word by Word

• शतानीकः: Śatānīka (having hundreds of troops)
• शतानीकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अनीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शतानि अनीकानि यस्य)

• निरामित्रः: one without enemies
• निरामित्रः: समुच्चित-कर्ता (Co-subject epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (अमित्रं न यस्य)

• वृषसेनः: Vṛṣasena
• वृषसेनः: समुच्चित-कर्ता (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वृषस्य सेना/वृष-सेनः)

• जयद्रथः: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथः: समुच्चित-कर्ता (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जयस्य रथः/जय-रथः)

• भूरिद्युम्नः: Bhūridyumna (of great splendor)
• भूरिद्युम्नः: समुच्चित-कर्ता (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भूरि द्युम्नं यस्य)

• सुवर्चार्चिः: Suvarcārcis (good radiance and flame)
• सुवर्चार्चिः: समुच्चित-कर्ता (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (वर्चः च अर्चिः च) समाहार/इतरेतर; नामरूपेण एकवचन-प्रयोग

• दश: ten
• दश: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (Numeral), प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (ten, agreeing with plural)

• तु: indeed/and (emphatic)
• तु: सम्बन्ध-निपात (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Particle; contrast/emphasis)

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

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Śatānīka
• Nirāmitra
• Vṛṣasena
• Jayadratha
• Bhūridyumna
• Suvarcārcis

FAQs

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

By listing Manu’s sons, the text anchors Shaiva teaching within a dharmic lineage—showing how social order and righteous rule (dharma) support the soul’s gradual purification toward Shiva’s grace (anugraha).

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

Though genealogical, it situates worldly governance under dharma, which in Shaiva Siddhanta is sustained by devotion to Saguna Shiva (Linga-worship) as the Lord who upholds cosmic order and grants liberation beyond it.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is dharma-aligned living supported by daily Shiva upasana—recitation of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Linga worship—so that one’s lineage, duties, and inner life remain oriented to Pati (Shiva).