Shloka 40
Daitya–Dānava Vaṁśa, Kaśyapa’s Progeny, and the Birth of the Maruts
एकैकं सप्तधा चक्रे वज्रेणारिविदारिणा मरुतो नाम देवास् ते बभूवुर् अतिवेगिनः
ekaikaṃ saptadhā cakre vajreṇārividāriṇā maruto nāma devās te babhūvur ativeginaḥ
With the foe-rending vajra he split each one again into seven; thus they became the gods called the Maruts, swift beyond measure.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
FAQs
This verse presents the Maruts as a formally constituted class of devas—embodiments of storm-force and speed—showing how cosmic functions are organized into divine agencies within the Purana’s ordered universe.
Parāśara narrates their origin through a decisive divine act (splitting each into seven), emphasizing that categories of devas arise through purposeful ordering within creation, not as random phenomena.
Even when Indra is the immediate agent, the Purana’s worldview frames such powers as part of a higher, regulated cosmic sovereignty—ultimately consistent with Vishnu as the supreme ground of order under which all devas function.