Shloka 10

Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas

Manvantara Genealogy

Devanagari script

सप्तविंशति याः प्रोक्तास्सोमपत्न्योऽथ सुव्रताः । तासामपत्यान्यभवन्दीप्तयोऽमिततेजसः

Transliteration

saptaviṃśati yāḥ proktāssomapatnyo'tha suvratāḥ | tāsāmapatyānyabhavandīptayo'mitatejasaḥ

Translation

ಹಿಂದೆ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಸೋಮನ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೇಳು ಸುವ್ರತಾ ಪತ್ನಿಯರಿಂದ ಸಂತಾನವು ಜನಿಸಿತು—ದೀಪ್ತಿಮಂತರು, ಅಪಾರ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವವರು।

Word by Word

• सप्तविंशति: twenty-seven
• सप्तविंशति: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंशति (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numeral compound), संख्या-विशेषण; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable-like numeral) qualifying plural noun

• याः: who/which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• प्रोक्ताः: have been stated
• प्रोक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता; grammatical subject in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; agrees with implied masculine plural (e.g., ‘(ते)’) or used generically for ‘stated’

• सोमपत्न्यः: the wives of Soma
• सोमपत्न्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘wives of Soma’), प्रथमा बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• अथ: then, next
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• सुव्रताः: of good vows, virtuous
• सुव्रताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: ‘good-vowed’), प्रथमा बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (agreeing with पत्न्यः)

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• अपत्यानि: offspring, children
• अपत्यानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• अभवन्: became, were
• अभवन्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• दीप्तयः: radiant ones, splendors
• दीप्तयः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• अमिततेजसः: of immeasurable brilliance
• अमिततेजसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: ‘immeasurable-splendor’), प्रथमा बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (agreeing with दीप्तयः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it transitions from solar (Āditya) lineage to lunar (Soma) mythology: the 27 wives of Soma (nakṣatra-mātṛkās in broader tradition) and their radiant progeny—cosmic population/ordering under the created realm (pāśa) while souls (paśu) circulate within it.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: lunar/nakshatra ordering implied by Soma’s 27 consorts (astral cosmology motif)

Characters & Entities

• Soma

FAQs

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

It highlights the Purāṇic principle that dharma and disciplined vows (suvrata) become the basis for auspicious progeny and spiritual radiance—outer splendor reflecting inner merit and order (ṛta) upheld under Śiva’s cosmic governance.

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

Though the verse is genealogical, it supports the Shiva Purana’s broader Saguna framework where cosmic beings (like Soma) function within Śiva’s ordained order; devotion and right conduct align one with that order, which Linga worship embodies as the stable axis of creation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied takeaway is vrata (disciplined observance) with purity and restraint; in Shaiva practice this can be paired with daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Linga worship to cultivate inner 'tejas' (spiritual luminosity).