Shloka 17

Genealogies of Kaśyapa and Pulastya; Rise of Brahmavādin Lines and Rākṣasa Branches

Devanagari script

भृगोरप्यभवच्छुक्रो दैत्याचार्यो महातपाः / स्वाध्याययोगनिरतो हरभक्तो महाद्युतिः

Transliteration

bhṛgorapyabhavacchukro daityācāryo mahātapāḥ / svādhyāyayoganirato harabhakto mahādyutiḥ

Translation

భృగువునుండి శుక్రుడు జన్మించెను—దైత్యాచార్యుడు, మహాతపస్వి; స్వాధ్యాయయోగనిరతుడు, హరుడు (శివుడు) భక్తుడు, మహాద్యుతిమంతుడు।

Word by Word

• bhṛgoḥ: of Bhṛgu
• bhṛgoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• abhavat: was/became
• abhavat: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• śukraḥ: Śukra
• śukraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• daitya-ācāryaḥ: teacher of the Daityas
• daitya-ācāryaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daityānām ācāryaḥ)

• mahā-tapāḥ: of great austerity
• mahā-tapāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great-austere)

• svādhyāya-yoga-nirataḥ: devoted to Vedic study and yoga
• svādhyāya-yoga-nirataḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svādhyāya (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + nirata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थक (engaged in self-study and yoga)

• hara-bhaktaḥ: devotee of Hara (Śiva)
• hara-bhaktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (harasya bhaktaḥ)

• mahā-dyutiḥ: of great radiance
• mahā-dyutiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great-splendour)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic lineage to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Śukra (Bhārgava)
• Daityas
• Hara (Śiva)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By praising Śukra’s tapas, svādhyāya, and yoga, the verse implies that inner realization is approached through disciplined practice and scriptural contemplation—methods traditionally aimed at direct knowledge of the Self beyond mere lineage or status.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse explicitly highlights svādhyāya (scriptural recitation and reflective study) and yoga (steadfast meditative discipline). Together they indicate a classical purāṇic path: study that purifies understanding and yoga that stabilizes the mind toward samādhi-like absorption.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Even within the Kurma Purana’s Vaiṣṇava frame, Śukra is lauded as a devotee of Hara (Śiva), reflecting the text’s integrative theology where devotion to Śiva is honored as a valid and luminous spiritual orientation rather than a sectarian contradiction.