Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां पुत्रसहस्राणि षष्टिर् दानवसत्तमाः पौलोमाः कालकेयाश् च मारीचतनयाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭir dānavasattamāḥ paulomāḥ kālakeyāś ca mārīcatanayāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

From those two were born thousands of sons; sixty of them were foremost among the Dānavas, remembered in tradition as the Paulomas and the Kālakeyas, descendants of Marīci’s line.

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: from those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana/Apadana (Source/Instrument nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन — ‘from/by those two (women)’

• पुत्रसहस्राणि: thousands of sons
• पुत्रसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — समास: पुत्राणां सहस्राणि (‘thousands of sons/offspring’)

• षष्टिः: sixty
• षष्टिः: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — numeral ‘sixty’

• दानवसत्तमाः: the best of the Dānavas
• दानवसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — समास: दानवानां सत्तमाः (‘best of Dānavas’)

• पौलोमाः: Paulomas
• पौलोमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौलोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — patronymic ‘sons of Pulomā’

• कालकेयाः: Kālakeyas
• कालकेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘descendants of Kālakā’

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

• मारीचतनयाः: sons of Marīci
• मारीचतनयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारीच + तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — समास: मारीचस्य तनयाः (‘sons of Marīci’)

• स्मृताः: are known/are said
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ ‘to remember’)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘are said/are remembered as’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Enumeration of asura clans (Paulomas, Kālakeyas) arising from specified unions of progenitors.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Dynasty & Genealogy

Key Kings: Marīci

Characters & Entities

• Marici
• Paulomas
• Kalakeyas
• Danavas

FAQs

What is the significance of the Paulomas and Kālakeyas in the Vishnu Purana?

They are key Danava clans whose origin is traced through early genealogies, showing how even rival cosmic lineages arise within the ordered framework of creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain genealogies in this section?

He systematically enumerates births and clan-names to map the spread of beings through primordial lineages, presenting history as a structured unfolding of cosmic order.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s genealogy implies a universe where all lines—Deva and Danava alike—emerge within the governance of the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.