Shloka 18

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

अनुह्रादश्च ह्रादश्च संह्रादश्चैव वीर्यवान् । प्रह्रादश्चानुजस्तत्र विष्णुभक्तिविचारधीः

Transliteration

anuhrādaśca hrādaśca saṃhrādaścaiva vīryavān | prahrādaścānujastatra viṣṇubhaktivicāradhīḥ

Translation

その系譜には、アヌフラーダ、フラーダ、そしてサンフラーダがいて、いずれも武勇にすぐれていた。さらに弟のプラフラーダもおり、その知性はヴィシュヌ主への帰依を省察することに捧げられていた。

Word by Word

• anuhrādaḥ: Anuhrāda
• anuhrādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuhrāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• hrādaḥ: Hrāda
• hrādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• saṃhrādaḥ: Saṃhrāda
• saṃhrādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhrāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphasis particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• vīryavān: valiant
• vīryavān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīryavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective (मतुप्) (here as epithet, possibly for one of them)

• prahrādaḥ: Prahrāda
• prahrādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahrāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• anujaḥ: younger brother
• anujaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; appositional noun to Prahrāda (‘younger brother’)

• tatra: there/in that context
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• viṣṇu-bhakti-vicāra-dhīḥ: whose intellect is inclined to inquiry into devotion to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu-bhakti-vicāra-dhīḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + vicāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) multi-member compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग) ‘dhī’ base, Nominative, Singular; used as bahu-compound epithet meaning ‘one whose intellect is for inquiry into Viṣṇu-bhakti’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Prahrada
• Anuhrada
• Hrada
• Samhrada

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that true spiritual stature is not merely physical valor (vīrya) but refined understanding (dhī) oriented toward devotion (bhakti). In Shaiva reading, it supports the Purana’s broader teaching that sincere devotion and right reflection purify the bound soul (paśu) and prepare it for the grace of the Supreme Lord (Pati), even when that devotion is expressed toward Viṣṇu.

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

Though it names Viṣṇu-bhakti, the Shiva Purana often presents devotion as a universal purifier that culminates in realization of the Supreme. Such passages harmonize sectarian forms: devotion to a saguna form trains the mind in single-pointedness, which in Shaiva Siddhanta ripens into receptivity to Shiva’s anugraha (grace), the ultimate liberating power.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is bhakti supported by vicāra—steady devotional remembrance along with contemplative discernment. As a Shaiva takeaway, one may pair daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with reflective study of scripture, cultivating devotion that is thoughtful rather than mechanical.