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

سوایمبھو منو سے متعلق تخلیق کا یہ سارا بیان—دکش تک—میں نے تمہیں سنا دیا؛ اسے سننے والوں کے گناہ نَشٹ ہو جاتے ہیں۔

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.