Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44

Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

अन्ये सहस्त्रशो रुद्रा निसृष्टास्तेन धीमता / रोमजा इति विख्यातास्तस्य साहाय्यकारिणः

Transliteration

anye sahastraśo rudrā nisṛṣṭāstena dhīmatā / romajā iti vikhyātāstasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ

Translation

اُس دانا پروردگار نے ہزاروں کی تعداد میں اور رُدر بھی پیدا کیے۔ وہ ‘رومج’ (بال سے جنمے) کے نام سے مشہور ہیں اور اُس کے مددگار ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand
• सहस्रशः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/बहुत्ववाचक अव्यय (adverb: by thousands)

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: कर्ता (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• निसृष्टाः: sent forth/created
• निसृष्टाः: कर्मणि-भाव (Predicate/Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; रुद्राः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तेन: by him
• तेन: करण (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; संदर्भे ‘महेश्वरेण/तस्मिन्’

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तेन इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• रोमजाः: hair-born ones
• रोमजाः: कर्ता (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोम + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रोम्णः जाताः)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश-अव्यय (quotative/marker of designation)

• विख्याताः: well-known
• विख्याताः: विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; रोमजाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• साहाय्यकारिणः: helpers
• साहाय्यकारिणः: कर्ता (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (साहाय्यं कुर्वन्ति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse tradition; likely Sūta/Vyāsa framing a cosmogonic account within Purva-bhaga)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudras (Romaja)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It portrays the Supreme as possessing effortless creative potency: countless Rudras arise as emanations to carry out cosmic functions, implying a single source whose will manifests many forms without diminishing its unity.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; its yogic implication is contemplative—meditating on īśvara-śakti (the Lord’s power of manifestation) and the ordered hierarchy of divine agencies, a common foundation for the Kurma Purana’s later Pāśupata-oriented discipline.

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

By presenting Rudras as emanated divine helpers within a single cosmic administration, it supports the Purana’s synthetic theology: Rudra-forms function harmoniously under the Supreme principle, aligning Shaiva devotion with a broader Vaishnava-compatible framework of one ultimate reality.