Shloka 7
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
स्वरोचिभिर्यतो भाति भास्वानिव स बालकः ।
ततः स्वरोचिरित्येवं नाम्ना ख्यातो बभूव सः ॥
svarocibhir yato bhāti bhāsvān iva sa bālakaḥ / tataḥ svarocir ity evaṃ nāmnā khyāto babhūva saḥ
તે બાળક પોતાના જ તેજથી સૂર્ય સમાન પ્રકાશમાન હતો; તેથી તે ‘સ્વરોચિ’ (સ્વયં-દીપ્ત) નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ થયો।
FAQs
Names in Purāṇas often encode character and destiny; here identity is grounded in intrinsic luminosity—suggesting that true distinction is ‘self-born’ (sva) rather than borrowed.
Vaṃśānucarita: the naming of a lineage figure is a standard marker in genealogical narration within a manvantara.
‘Self-radiance’ points to svayaṃ-prakāśa (self-luminous awareness) as an inner archetype; the narrative externalizes it as bodily brilliance and a defining name.