Shloka 63

Manvantarāṇukīrtana

Enumeration of the Manvantaras and Manus

Devanagari script

चतुर्द्दशे तु पर्याये सत्यस्यैवांतरे मनोः । आग्नीध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः

Transliteration

caturddaśe tu paryāye satyasyaivāṃtare manoḥ | āgnīdhraḥ kāśyapaścaiva paulastyo māgadhaśca yaḥ

Translation

In the fourteenth cycle—within the Manvantara of the Manu named Satya—there were (sages/lineages) such as Āgnīdhra, Kāśyapa, Paulastya, and also Māgadha.

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशे: in the fourteenth
• चतुर्दशे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुर् + दश) ‘in the fourteenth’

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)

• पर्याये: in the cycle/turn
• पर्याये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सत्यस्य: of Satya
• सत्यस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• अन्तरे: within, during
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘within/during’

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आग्नीध्रः: Āgnīdhra (name)
• आग्नीध्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आग्नीध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa (name)
• काश्यपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामरूपेण

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

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• पौलस्त्यः: Paulastya (name)
• पौलस्त्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• मागधः: Māgadha (name)
• मागधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामरूपेण

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: caturdaśa-paryāya (fourteenth cycle) within Satya-Manu manvantara

Characters & Entities

• Manu Satya
• Agnidhra
• Kashyapa
• Paulastya
• Magadha

FAQs

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

It situates sacred history within cosmic time (Manvantaras), reminding the devotee that dharma and Shiva’s grace operate across vast cycles, with realized lineages sustaining spiritual knowledge in each age.

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

Though this verse is genealogical/chronological, the Shiva Purana uses such time-maps to frame when sages and traditions flourish—those very traditions preserve Saguna Shiva worship (Linga, mantra, vrata) as a stable means for bound souls (paśu) to approach Pati (Shiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is smaraṇa (recollection) of the Shaiva lineage and cosmic order while doing japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to align one’s mind with dharma across time.