Shloka 12

Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi

Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

रेवती श्रीयुता श्रीश्च शेषरूपा च वारुणी / सौपर्णि पार्वती चैव तिस्रः शेषाशतो वराः

Transliteration

revatī śrīyutā śrīśca śeṣarūpā ca vāruṇī / sauparṇi pārvatī caiva tisraḥ śeṣāśato varāḥ

Translation

ریوتی، شری یُتا اور شری؛ شیش روپہ اور وارُنی؛ نیز سوپرنی اور پاروتی—یہ تین (اہم) ہیں؛ باقی دیگر سینکڑوں میں بہترین ہیں۔

Word by Word

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्री-युता: endowed with prosperity
• श्री-युता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('endowed with Śrī/prosperity')

• श्रीः: Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• शेष-रूपा: having Śeṣa-form
• शेष-रूपा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('having the form of Śeṣa')

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• वारुणी: Vāruṇī
• वारुणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सौपर्णि: Sauparṇī
• सौपर्णि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (name), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Visheshana (विशेषण; of 'वराः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (fem. nom. pl. of 'three')

• शेषाः: the remaining
• शेषाः: Visheshana (विशेषण; of 'वराः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'remaining/others'

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (विशेषण; of 'वराः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (numeral 'eight')

• वराः: excellent (ones) / noble ladies
• वराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Multiplicity of named śakti-forms with a notion of principal triad and numerous secondary manifestations.

Vedantic Theme: Nāma-rūpa plurality resting on an underlying unity (implicit), preparing for later explanation of ‘uttamāveśa’.

Application: Use names/forms as devotional and contemplative supports while remembering they can indicate functions/manifestations rather than competing absolutes.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.28.14 (equality among the excellent via highest permeation)

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Śrī
• Śeṣarūpā
• Vāruṇī
• Sauparṇī
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the importance of listing these names in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as a catalog of revered divine feminine forms, supporting remembrance (smaraṇa), identification of deities by epithets, and structured Purāṇic transmission of names and lineages.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly describe the soul’s journey or after-death rites; instead, it presents a theological enumeration of divine names, which in Purāṇic practice supports devotion and ritual recitation.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the verse for accurate name-recitation in study or worship, and treat the epithets (like Śrī, Vāruṇī, Pārvatī) as pointers to specific divine attributes—prosperity, cosmic order, and spiritual power.