Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यास्तास्त्वजनयत्‌ कन्यास्तपो नाम हुताशन:

Transliteration

yās tāstv ajanayat kanyās tapo nāma hutāśanaḥ

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Those very maidens were brought forth by the Fire-god, who was known by the name ‘Tapa’.”

Word by Word

• याः: which (f.)
• याः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ताः: those (f.)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अजनयत्: generated/begot
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कन्याः: daughters/maidens
• कन्याः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named/called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• हुताशनः: Agni (the fire-god)
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Agni (Hutāśana)
• Tapa (name/epithet of Agni)
• kanyāḥ (maidens)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores divine causality in lineage narratives: beings and events may arise through the agency of deities, and names like ‘Tapa’ link creative power with the principle of heat/austerity (tapas), a key ethical-spiritual force in Sanskrit tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical or explanatory account, stating that certain maidens previously mentioned were produced by Agni, identified here by the name ‘Tapa’.