Shloka 15

Daitya–Dānava Vaṁśa, Kaśyapa’s Progeny, and the Birth of the Maruts

Devanagari script

षट् सुताः सुमहासत्त्वास् ताम्रायाः परिकीर्तिताः शुकी श्येनी च भासी च सुग्रीवी शुचिगृध्रिका

Transliteration

ṣaṭ sutāḥ sumahāsattvās tāmrāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ śukī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvī śucigṛdhrikā

Translation

Parāśara said: Of Tāmrā, six offspring of great vitality are declared—Śukī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, and Śucigṛdhrikā.

Word by Word

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (Numeral/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with ‘सुताः’)

• सुताः: sons/offspring
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सुमहासत्त्वाः: very mighty
• सुमहासत्त्वाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महा + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सु-महा-सत्त्वाः = very great in strength/being)

• ताम्रायाः: of Tāmrā
• ताम्रायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/mentioned
• परिकीर्तिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थे ‘are declared/are mentioned’

• शुकी: Śukī (name)
• शुकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्येनी: Śyenī (name)
• श्येनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• भासी: Bhāsī (name)
• भासी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• सुग्रीवी: Sugrīvī (name; ‘fair-necked’)
• सुग्रीवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + ग्रीविन्/ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (सु-ग्रीवा यस्याः)

• शुचिगृध्रिका: Śucigṛdhrikā (name)
• शुचिगृध्रिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि + गृध्रिका (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शुचिः गृध्रिका)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Tāmrā
• Śukī
• Śyenī
• Bhāsī
• Sugrīvī
• Śucigṛdhrikā

FAQs

What is the significance of listing Tāmrā’s offspring in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse contributes to the Purāṇic blueprint of creation (sarga), where lineages are methodically enumerated to show the ordered unfolding of beings within Vishnu’s cosmic governance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation in this section of the text?

Parāśara explains creation through structured genealogies—naming progenitors and their offspring—so that Maitreya can see how diverse classes of beings arise in a coherent, dharma-governed cosmos.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇa’s creation-lists function within the doctrine that the universe’s multiplicity proceeds under the supreme reality and sustaining order of Vishnu.