Shloka 51

अध्याय 66: इक्ष्वाकुवंश-ऐलवंशप्रवाहः (त्रिशङ्कु-राम-ययात्यादि-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

कृतस्तस्य सुधर्माभूत् पृषितो नाम विश्रुतः करूषस्य तु कारूषाः सर्वे प्रख्यातकीर्तयः

Transliteration

kṛtastasya sudharmābhūt pṛṣito nāma viśrutaḥ karūṣasya tu kārūṣāḥ sarve prakhyātakīrtayaḥ

Translation

അവനിൽ നിന്ന് സുധർമാ ജനിച്ചു; (സുധർമയിൽ നിന്ന്) പൃഷിതൻ എന്ന പ്രസിദ്ധൻ പിറന്നു. കരൂഷനിൽ നിന്ന് കാരൂഷർ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; അവർ എല്ലാവരും പ്രസിദ്ധകീർത്തിയുള്ളവർ ആയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ): Kṛta (a progenitor)

• तस्य (tasya): of him

• सुधर्मा (sudharmā): Sudharmā (a descendant)

• अभूत् (abhūt): was born/appeared

• पृषितः (pṛṣitaḥ): Pṛṣita (a descendant)

• नाम (nāma): by name

• विश्रुतः (viśrutaḥ): well-known, renowned

• करूषस्य (karūṣasya): of Karūṣa

• तु (tu): indeed/and

• कारूषाः (kārūṣāḥ): the Kārūṣas (a people/lineage)

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• प्रख्यात-कीर्तयः (prakhyāta-kīrtayaḥ): of widely celebrated fame

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Kṛta
• Sudharmā
• Pṛṣita
• Karūṣa
• Kārūṣas

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

This verse situates Shiva-bhakti culture within a dharmic human world by tracing recognized lineages and peoples; the Purana frames Linga-worship as practiced and preserved through orderly vamśa (dynastic continuity) and social Dharma.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly, it reflects Shiva as Pati—the Lord who upholds Dharma across generations—by showing how the manifest world of pashus (souls in society) proceeds through orderly succession, providing the field in which liberation through Shiva’s grace and right conduct becomes possible.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pashupata Yoga limb is stated; the takeaway is the dharmic foundation—stable lineage and righteous fame—that supports Vedic rites and later Shiva-Linga installation and worship described elsewhere in the Purva-Bhaga.