Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 41

Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds

Devanagari script

छाया शनैश्चरं लेभे सावर्णिं च मनुं तत: । कन्यां च तपतीं या वै वव्रे संवरणं पतिम् ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

chāyā śanaiścaraṁ lebhe sāvarṇiṁ ca manuṁ tataḥ kanyāṁ ca tapatīṁ yā vai vavre saṁvaraṇaṁ patim

Translation

ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଦେବଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ୟ ଭାର୍ଯ୍ୟା ଛାୟା ଶନୈଶ୍ଚର ଓ ସାବର୍ଣ୍ଣି ମନୁ ନାମକ ଦୁଇ ପୁତ୍ର ଏବଂ ତପତୀ ନାମକ ଏକ କନ୍ୟାକୁ ଜନ୍ମ ଦେଲେ; ତପତୀ ସଂବରଣଙ୍କୁ ପତିରୂପେ ବରିଲେ।

Synonyms

• छाया: Chāyā
• छाया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शनैश्चरम्: Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैश्चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लेभे: obtained/bore
• लेभे: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/Parokṣa-bhūta), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सावर्णिम्: Sāvarṇi
• सावर्णिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter/then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb)

• कन्याम्: a daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तपतीम्: Tapatī
• तपतीम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• या: who
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/एवकारार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वव्रे: chose (as husband)
• वव्रे: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• संवरणम्: Saṁvaraṇa
• संवरणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन, विधेय (as apposition)

Characters & Entities

• Chāyā
• Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• Sāvarṇi Manu
• Tapatī
• Saṁvaraṇa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the birth of Shani (Saturn)?

This verse states that Śanaiścara (Shani/Saturn) was born from Chāyā, along with Sāvarṇi Manu.

Who is speaking this genealogy in the Bhagavata Purana?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates these dynastic details to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as part of the Purana’s lineage and time-cycle descriptions.

Practical application: what can devotees learn from these lineage verses?

They remind a student of bhakti that history, time (grahas), and rulership (Manus) move under divine order—encouraging humility, steadiness, and faith in the Lord’s governance.