Shloka 13
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
कन्योवाच अहमिन्दीवराख्यस्य सुता विद्याधरस्य वै । नाम्ना मनोरमा जाता सुतायां मरुधन्वनः ॥
kanyovāca aham indīvarākhyasya sutā vidyādharasya vai / nāmnā manoramā jātā sutāyāṃ marudhanvanaḥ
കന്യ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ ഇന്ദീവരൻ എന്ന വിദ്യാധരന്റെ മകളാണ്. എന്റെ പേര് മനോരമാ; ഞാൻ മരുധന്വന്റെ (ഭാര്യ/മകൾ)യിൽ ജനിച്ച മകളാണ്.”
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FAQs
Puranic narration often situates persons through lineage and community (here, Vidyādharas). Identity is relational—one’s story is anchored in networks of responsibility and protection.
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita tendency: naming and descent markers, even within an episodic legend.
Vidyādharas (‘knowledge-bearers’) frame the episode as more than mundane danger: knowledge without humility can still meet peril, preparing the ground for the curse motif that follows.