Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

जातमात्रेषु पुत्रेषु मोक्षभावमगाच्च सा अमातृपितृका बाला जलमध्यविहारिणः

Transliteration

jātamātreṣu putreṣu mokṣabhāvamagācca sā amātṛpitṛkā bālā jalamadhyavihāriṇaḥ

Translation

As soon as the sons were born, she attained the state of liberation. Those children—bereft of mother and father—moved about in the midst of the water.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic dialogue (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt).

Key Themes

• Mokṣa (liberation) motif
• Orphanhood and divine protection (implied)
• Sacrality of waters

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

How should ‘mokṣabhāva’ be understood here—death or spiritual liberation?

The phrasing ‘mokṣa-bhāvam agāt’ is stronger than a mere euphemism for death; it signals a soteriological claim that her end (immediately after childbirth) is salvific, a common Purāṇic way to mark a life-event as spiritually efficacious.

Why emphasize that the children are ‘without mother and father’?

It heightens the wonder and vulnerability of the newborns and prepares for the next narrative turn: intervention by a higher figure (here, Pitāmaha) and the conferral of identity (‘Marut’).

What is the geographical cue in this verse?

The key cue is aquatic setting—‘in the midst of the water’—which ties the episode to a specific tīrtha (Puravāpī) and frames the site as a place where extraordinary destinies unfold.