Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 67

Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

जनयिष्यति तं शर्वादमितद्युतिमंडलं । संभविष्यति हंतासौ सुरारीणामसंशयम्

Transliteration

janayiṣyati taṃ śarvādamitadyutimaṃḍalaṃ | saṃbhaviṣyati haṃtāsau surārīṇāmasaṃśayam

Translation

ശർവനിൽ (ശിവനിൽ) നിന്നു അവൻ ജനിക്കും; അവന്റെ ദ്യുതിമണ്ഡലം അളവറ്റതാണ്. സംശയമില്ലാതെ അവൻ ദേവശത്രുക്കളുടെ സംഹാരകനാകും।

Word by Word

• janayiṣyati: will beget/give birth to
• janayiṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Verb, Future (लृट्), 3rd person, Singular; causative (णिजन्त): √jan (जन्) → janayati

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• śarvāt: from Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvāt: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• amita-dyuti-maṇḍalam: (him) whose orb/halo is of immeasurable radiance
• amita-dyuti-maṇḍalam: Karma (कर्म/Object/apposition to tam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; descriptive compound: amita-dyuti (of immeasurable splendor) qualifying maṇḍala (orb/halo/body)

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will come into being/arise
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhū (धातु)
• Form: Verb, Future (लृट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• haṃtā: slayer
• haṃtā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: han (धातु) + -tṛ (कृत्)
• Form: Agent noun (तृच्/तृन्), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'slayer' from √han (हन्)

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• sura-arīṇām: of the enemies of the gods
• sura-arīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: surāṇām ariḥ (enemy of the gods) → plural genitive 'of the enemies of the gods'

• a-saṃśayam: undoubtedly
• a-saṃśayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a- (नञ्) + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva/adverbial accusative: 'without doubt' (निःसंशयम्); Neuter Accusative Singular in form, functioning adverbially

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: śarvādamitadyutimaṃḍalaṃ = śarvāt + amita-dyuti-maṇḍalam (t + a → d by sandhi); surārīṇām = sura + arīṇām; asaṃśayam = a- + saṃśayam (adverbial use).

Characters & Entities

• Śarva (Śiva)
• Suras (gods)
• Surārīs (enemies of the gods)

FAQs

Who is indicated as the source of the radiant slayer in this verse?

The verse explicitly says he will be born “from Śarva,” i.e., from Śiva.

What is the main theme of this shloka in context?

It presents a prophetic statement: the birth of a supremely radiant figure destined to destroy the enemies of the gods.

What ethical or spiritual idea is implied by calling him the slayer of the gods’ enemies?

It implies the restoration of cosmic order (dharma) by removing forces hostile to divine harmony and righteousness.