Shloka 124

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

शतं त्व् एवं समाम्नातं रुद्राणाम् अमितौजसाम्

Transliteration

śataṃ tv evaṃ samāmnātaṃ rudrāṇām amitaujasām

Translation

Ainsi, dans l’énumération sacrée, est récité le nombre complet de cent Rudras, d’une puissance sans mesure.

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma/Pradhana (Object-like/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (here: ‘a hundred’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/but)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• समाम्नातम्: is traditionally enumerated/recited
• समाम्नातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + म्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘recited/handed down’

• रुद्राणाम्: of the Rudras
• रुद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• अमितौजसाम्: of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय; रुद्राणाम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Rudra (Shiva)

FAQs

What is the significance of enumerating the Rudras in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse closes an authoritative count—“a hundred Rudras”—framing them as cosmic functionaries whose powers are vast yet still part of the ordered emanation described in creation narratives.

How does Sage Parāśara explain this concept to Maitreya?

Parāśara presents the teaching as a received, traditional enumeration (samāmnāta), indicating a lineage-based recital of cosmic categories within the creation (Sarga) account.

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

Even while detailing powerful deities like the Rudras, the Vishnu Purana’s cosmology implies their derived status within a larger, Vishnu-governed universal order—supporting a hierarchy where the Supreme Reality grounds all manifestations.