Shloka 33

Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

तस्येमां निर्ममे पुण्यां प्रजां देवश्चतुर्दिशम् स्थानानि द्वीपसंज्ञानि कृतवांश्च प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

tasyemāṃ nirmame puṇyāṃ prajāṃ devaścaturdiśam sthānāni dvīpasaṃjñāni kṛtavāṃśca prajāpatiḥ

Translation

ആ ക്രമീകരണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ദേവൻ നാലുദിക്കുകളിലായി ഈ പുണ്യപ്രജയെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു; പ്രജാപതിയും ‘ദ്വീപ’ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന വാസസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ നിർമ്മിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निर्ममे: created
• निर्ममे: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु, माने/मिमीत) with नि-उपसर्ग
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘created/made’

• पुण्याम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याम्: कर्म (विशेषण/Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of प्रजाम्

• प्रजाम्: creatures/people, progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुर्-दिशम्: four-directioned / in four quarters
• चतुर्-दिशम्: कर्म (विशेषण/Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (चतस्रः दिशः यस्य/यत्र); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of प्रजाम् (spread to four quarters)

• स्थानानि: places, stations
• स्थानानि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• द्वीप-संज्ञानि: named as ‘islands’
• द्वीप-संज्ञानि: कर्म (विशेषण/Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वीप + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (द्वीप-नामानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण of स्थानानि

• कृतवान्: having made, made
• कृतवान्: कर्ता (agent in participial construction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्तवतु (कृतवत्)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; finite sense with implied ‘अस्ति’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati, lord of creatures
• प्रजापतिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रजानां पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to देवः

Speakers

• Not specified in input (commonly within Pulastya → Nārada narrative frame
• but not confirmable from provided excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Prajāpati (creator-aspect; often identified with Brahmā)

Key Themes

• Sarga (creation of beings)
• Purāṇic geography (dvīpas)
• Cosmic organization

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Life and society are framed as part of a divinely ordered manifold (directions, regions, abodes). The ‘puṇyā prajā’ phrasing also suggests creation is fundamentally auspicious, supporting a dharma-centered view of human purpose.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Sarga: creation of beings (prajā-sarga) and the structuring of space into dvīpas and directional quarters—standard Purāṇic cosmographical content.

What is the symbolic significance?

The four directions represent completeness and totality of manifestation; dvīpas signify differentiated worlds/fields of experience. Together they symbolize the transition from undivided potential into organized plurality.