Shloka 10

मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्

Devanagari script

भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात् तस्य ललाटात् क्रोधदीपितात् समुत्पन्नस् तदा रुद्रो मध्याह्नार्कसमप्रभः अर्धनारीनरवपुः प्रचण्डो ऽतिशरीरवान्

Transliteration

bhrukuṭīkuṭilāt tasya lalāṭāt krodhadīpitāt samutpannas tadā rudro madhyāhnārkasamaprabhaḥ ardhanārīnaravapuḥ pracaṇḍo 'tiśarīravān

Translation

ពីលលាដ៍ក្បាលរបស់ទ្រង់ ដែលរឹតចិញ្ចើមជាប់ និងភ្លឺឡើងដោយកំហឹង នៅពេលនោះ រុទ្រៈបានកើតឡើង ដូចព្រះអាទិត្យពេលថ្ងៃត្រង់៖ គួរឱ្យខ្លាច ព្រហើនខ្លាំង មានកាយធំមហិមា និងមានរូបកាយពាក់កណ្តាលស្ត្រី ពាក់កណ្តាលបុរស។

Word by Word

• bhrukuṭī-kuṭilāt: from the frown (bent brow)
• bhrukuṭī-kuṭilāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrukuṭī (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṭila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अधिकरणार्थे), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (भ्रुकुट्या: कुटिलात्/भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात् = भ्रुकुटी-भङ्गात्)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• lalāṭāt: from the forehead
• lalāṭāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalāṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodha-dīpitāt: from (that) inflamed by anger
• krodha-dīpitāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpita (कृदन्त; √dīp (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (क्रोधेन दीपितात्)

• samutpannaḥ: arisen
• samutpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samutpanna (कृदन्त; √pad/√pat? here √pad (धातु) with सम्+उत् + क्त, ‘arisen’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• madhyāhna-arka-sama-prabhaḥ: having radiance like the midday sun
• madhyāhna-arka-sama-prabhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (मध्याह्नार्कस्य समा प्रभा यस्य)

• ardha-nārī-nara-vapuḥ: whose body was half woman and half man
• ardha-nārī-nara-vapuḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + nārī (प्रातिपदिक) + nara (प्रातिपदिक) + vapu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः (अर्धं नारी अर्धं नरः वपुः यस्य)

• pracaṇḍaḥ: fierce
• pracaṇḍaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pracaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ati-śarīravān: of very large body
• ati-śarīravān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + śarīra-vat (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/अव्ययीभावार्थ-समाससदृशः (अतिशरीरवान् = अत्यन्तं शरीरवान्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the significance of Rudra emerging from the forehead in the Vishnu Purana?

It symbolizes a cosmic manifestation triggered by intense inner force—wrath transmuted into creative power—through which Rudra appears as a necessary principle within creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the half-woman, half-man form here?

Parāśara presents Rudra’s form as inherently dual—half feminine and half masculine—indicating integrated cosmic polarities (Śakti and Śiva principles) within a single manifestation.

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

Even when describing Rudra’s awe-inspiring emergence, the Vishnu Purana frames such manifestations as occurring within the overarching order of creation ultimately governed by the Supreme Reality identified with Vishnu.