Shloka 17
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
एवं देव्याः वरं लब्ध्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियर्षभः ।
सूर्याज्जन्म समासाद्य सावर्णिर्भविता मनुः ॥
evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ | sūryāj janma samāsādya sāvarṇir bhavitā manuḥ ||
Demikianlah, Suratha—lembu jantan di antara para kṣatriya—setelah memperoleh kurnia daripada Sang Dewi, kemudian lahir daripada Matahari dan menjadi Manu yang bernama Sāvarṇi.
FAQs
The Purāṇa models ideal rulership and devotion: righteous kingship is validated and restored by the divine, and sustained devotion can culminate in service at the scale of an age (manvantara).
Manvantara and Vamśa (connection to Sūrya/Vivasvat) are foregrounded, embedded within Carita (Suratha’s story).
Suratha’s transition from a dispossessed king to Manu encodes an ascent from fragmented authority to integrated cosmic order—Śakti converts suffering into a mandate for dharma at a universal level.