Shloka 91

The Jyeṣṭha Full-Moon Vow, the Birth of the Maruts, and the Outline of Secondary Creation

Manvantaras

Devanagari script

इषऊर्जस्तनूजश्च शुचिः शुक्रस्तथैव च । मधुश्च माधवश्चैव नभस्योथ नभस्तथा

Transliteration

iṣaūrjastanūjaśca śuciḥ śukrastathaiva ca | madhuśca mādhavaścaiva nabhasyotha nabhastathā

Translation

ఆ (పది కుమారుల)లో ఇష, ఊర్జుని తనూజుడు, శుచి, శుక్ర, మధు, మాధవ, నభస్య మరియు నభ—ఇవే పేర్లు చెప్పబడ్డాయి.

Word by Word

इषIṣa (name)

ऊर्जःŪrjaḥ (name)

तनूजःTanūja (name)

चand

शुचिःŚuci (name)

शुक्रःŚukra (name)

तथाalso

एवindeed

चand

मधुःMadhu (name)

चand

माधवःMādhava (name)

चand

एवindeed

नभस्यःNabhasya (name)

अथthen/and

नभःNabhas (name)

तथाalso

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: इषऊर्जः = इष + ऊर्जः; तनूजश्च = तनूजः + च; तथैव = तथा + एव; मधुश्च = मधुः + च; माधवश्चैव = माधवः + च + एव; नभस्योथ = नभस्यः + अथ; नभस्तथा = नभः + तथा

Characters & Entities

Iṣa

Ūrja

Śuci

Śukra

Madhu

Mādhava

Nabhasya

Nabhas

FAQs

What is this verse doing—teaching doctrine or listing names?

This śloka functions primarily as an enumeration (a catalog of names/epithets), typical of Purāṇic narrative sections that record lineages, attendants, or ordered sets within creation-era descriptions.

Are Madhu and Mādhava here the same as the well-known Vaishnava names?

They appear here as names within a list; without the surrounding context, it is not certain whether they refer to famous theological figures/epithets or to distinct individuals sharing those names.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is explicit in this verse?

No direct ethical injunction is explicit in this single line; its value is archival and contextual—preserving traditional names that support the larger cosmological or genealogical narrative in the chapter.