Shloka 64

Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode

Devanagari script

एतद् वः कथितं सर्वं मनोः स्वायंभुवस्य तु / विसर्गं दक्षपर्यन्तं शृण्वतां पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu / visargaṃ dakṣaparyantaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวแก่ท่านทั้งหลายครบถ้วนแล้ว ถึงเรื่องการแผ่กำเนิดที่เกี่ยวเนื่องกับมนูสวายัมภูวะ จนถึงทักษะ; ผู้ใดสดับฟัง ย่อมเป็นเหตุให้บาปสิ้นไป

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun used substantively

• vaḥ: to you (pl.)
• vaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative enclitic (षष्ठी/चतुर्थी), Plural; ‘of you / to you’ (contextually ‘to you’)

• kathitam: told/narrated
• kathitam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular; agrees with etat/sarvam

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; used as apposition to etat

• manoḥ: of Manu
• manoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• svāyaṃbhuvasya: Svāyaṃbhuva
• svāyaṃbhuvasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svāyaṃbhuva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular; epithet qualifying manuḥ

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) marking contrast/emphasis

• visargam: creation/emanation
• visargam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: visarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• dakṣa-paryantam: up to Dakṣa
• dakṣa-paryantam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + paryanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘dakṣaḥ paryantaḥ yasya/tat’ = ‘up to Dakṣa’; agrees with visargam (as limit-specifier)

• śṛṇvatām: of listeners
• śṛṇvatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; ‘of those who listen’

• pāpa-nāśanam: sin-destroying
• pāpa-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘pāpasya nāśanam’ used adjectivally for etat/visargam

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Dakṣa

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

Indirectly: it emphasizes śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of sacred cosmological narration as a purifying means, preparing the mind for Atman-realization taught more explicitly elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The practice implied is śravaṇa—disciplined listening to Purāṇic teachings as a sādhana that cleanses pāpa and steadies the mind, supporting later Yoga and devotion-oriented disciplines in the text.

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

This verse does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis by presenting sacred listening as universally purifying, a principle shared across Shaiva and Vaishnava streams within the Kurma Purana.