Shloka 5

स्वायम्भुव-मन्वन्तर-वंशवर्णनम्

Genealogy of Svāyambhuva Manu and the Dhruva Episode

Devanagari script

वैराजात्पुरुषाद्वीरा शतरूपा व्यजायत । प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ वीरकायामजायताम्

Transliteration

vairājātpuruṣādvīrā śatarūpā vyajāyata | priyavratottānapādau vīrakāyāmajāyatām

Translation

Del Virāja-Puruṣa nació la ilustre Śatarūpā. Y de Vīrakā, como madre, nacieron los dos hijos heroicos—Priyavrata y Uttānapāda.

Word by Word

• वैराजात्: from Vairāja
• वैराजात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पुरुषात्: from the Puruṣa
• पुरुषात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• वीरा: a heroine / noble woman
• वीरा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे न (not vocative here)

• शतरूपा: Śatarūpā
• शतरूपा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतरूपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• व्यजायत: was born
• व्यजायत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि

• प्रियव्रत-उत्तानपादौ: Priyavrata and Uttānapāda
• प्रियव्रत-उत्तानपादौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियव्रत + उत्तानपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• वीरकायाम्: in Vīrakāyā
• वीरकायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location; in/through whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरकाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अजायताम्: were born
• अजायताम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Viraja-Purusha
• Shatarupa
• Priyavrata
• Uttanapada
• Viraka

FAQs

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

It situates worldly lineage within a sacred cosmology: beings arise in an ordered creation, yet Shaiva Siddhanta views all such emergence as ultimately dependent on Pati (Śiva), the supreme ground beyond the created Puruṣa.

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

By tracing creation through named progenitors, the Purana leads the devotee from the manifest (saguṇa) order back to the Lord who is worshipped as Śiva-liṅga—the stable symbol of the transcendent Pati who supports all generations.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate the dependence of all birth and lineage on the Supreme Lord while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offering water to the liṅga with the intent of seeing creation as Śiva’s regulated manifestation.