Shloka 40

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

यूयं देवा भविष्यध्वं वायुस्कन्धविचारिणः इत्येवमुक्त्वाथादाय सर्वास्तान् दैवतान् प्रति

Transliteration

yūyaṃ devā bhaviṣyadhvaṃ vāyuskandhavicāriṇaḥ ityevamuktvāthādāya sarvāstān daivatān prati

Translation

“ତୁମେ ଦେବ ହେବ; ବାୟୁର ସ୍କନ୍ଧରେ (ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ପ୍ରବାହରେ) ବିଚରଣ କରିବ।” ଏପରି କହି ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ଦିବ୍ୟ ସତ୍ତାଙ୍କୁ ସଙ୍ଗେ ନେଇ ଦେବସଭା ପ୍ରତି ଗଲେ।

Speakers

• Narrator (Purāṇic voice) describing the appointment/empowerment of the Maruts; the direct speaker in the verse is an unnamed authority figure addressing a group destined to become Maruts/devas.

Primary Deities

• Vāyu
• Maruts
• Devas (collective)

Key Themes

• Deification and cosmic office
• Marut-gaṇa (storm-gods) as attendants of Vāyu
• Manvantara-based cosmology

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who are the beings being told “you shall become gods” here?

The phrasing fits the Purāṇic motif of a group being elevated into a specific deva-office—here, the Maruts—who are classically associated with wind, storms, and atmospheric movement under Vāyu/Indra.

What does “vāyuskandhavicāriṇaḥ” imply in Purāṇic cosmology?

It is an epithet describing the Maruts as moving with/through the ‘supports’ or ‘currents’ of wind—i.e., their sphere is the mid-region (antarikṣa), where winds and storms operate as a cosmic function.

Does this verse indicate a pilgrimage place (tīrtha) or geography?

No explicit river, forest, or tīrtha is named in 46.40; the verse is functional-cosmological, describing status and movement rather than terrestrial sacred geography.