Shloka 24

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

स्वारेचिषे तु मरुतो वक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद स्वारोचिषस्य पुत्रस्तु श्रीमानासीत् क्रतुध्वजः

Transliteration

svāreciṣe tu maruto vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada svārociṣasya putrastu śrīmānāsīt kratudhvajaḥ

Translation

“Now I shall tell (you) about the Maruts in the Svārociṣa (Manvantara); listen, O Nārada. Svārociṣa had a son, the illustrious Kratudhvaja.”

Speakers

• Narrator (or principal Purāṇic speaker) addressing Nārada directly.

Primary Deities

• Nārada
• Svārociṣa Manu

Key Themes

• Sequential Manvantara cataloguing
• Genealogical linkage of divine groups
• Transmission frame: instruction to Nārada

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Who is Svārociṣa, and why does the text shift to him?

Svārociṣa is typically the second Manu in Purāṇic Manvantara lists. After identifying the ‘first Maruts’ in Svāyambhuva’s epoch, the text proceeds methodically to the next Manvantara, describing its corresponding Marut-group and associated lineage.

What is the significance of the name ‘Kratu-dhvaja’?

The compound suggests an identity marked by ‘kratu’—sacrificial rite, sacred resolve, or Vedic ritual power—held aloft like a ‘dhvaja’ (banner). In Purāṇic genealogies, such names often encode the function or virtue associated with a figure or his line.

Are these verses connected to tīrtha-geography, given the Vāmana Purāṇa’s reputation?

Not directly in these ślokas. This passage belongs to the Purāṇa’s cosmological-genealogical layer (Manvantara administration). Elsewhere the text strongly emphasizes sacred geography, but here it is mapping time (epochs) and divine classes rather than terrestrial pilgrimage sites.