Shloka 34

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

दैत्यदानवसंयोगाज्जातास्तीव्रपराक्रमाः । सैंहिकेया इति ख्यातास्त्रयोदश महाबलाः

Transliteration

daityadānavasaṃyogājjātāstīvraparākramāḥ | saiṃhikeyā iti khyātāstrayodaśa mahābalāḥ

Translation

ダイティヤとダーナヴァの結合より、烈しい武勇と大いなる力を具えた十三の者が生まれ、「サイṃヒケーヤ」として名高くなった。

Word by Word

• दैत्य-दानव-संयोगात्: from the union of Daityas and Dānavas
• दैत्य-दानव-संयोगात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (समाहार/निर्देश): ‘from the union of Daityas and Dānavas’

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तीव्र-पराक्रमाः: of fierce valor
• तीव्र-पराक्रमाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; कर्मधारय: ‘having intense valor’

• सैंहिकेयाः: Saiṃhikeyas (sons of Siṃhikā)
• सैंहिकेयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैंहिकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; patronymic ‘sons of Siṃhikā’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (अव्यय)

• ख्याताः: known (as)
• ख्याताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP); Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘known/called’

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; Masculine, Nominative, Plural (used with plural noun)

• महाबलाः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; कर्मधारय: ‘great in strength’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Danavas
• Saimhikeyas

FAQs

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

It highlights that tremendous power and valor can arise even in asuric lineages, yet such strength, when not aligned to Shiva (Pati) and dharma, remains within pasha (bondage) and becomes a cause of further entanglement rather than liberation.

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

By contrasting worldly might with spiritual sovereignty, the verse implicitly points to Saguna Shiva—worshipped as the Linga—as the true Lord who subdues and transforms destructive forces; devotion redirects power into dharmic order and inner purification.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to cultivate Shiva-alignment through japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha, so that personal energy and courage serve purification rather than egoic aggression.