Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 13
Sukalā’s Account: Ikṣvāku and Sudevā; the Boar’s Resolve and the Dharma of Battle
तानुवाच सुतान्पौत्रान्भार्यां तां च स शूकरः । कोशलाधिपतिर्वीरो मनुपुत्रो महाबलः
tānuvāca sutānpautrānbhāryāṃ tāṃ ca sa śūkaraḥ | kośalādhipatirvīro manuputro mahābalaḥ
تب اُس شُوکر نے اپنے بیٹوں، پوتوں اور اپنی اُس زوجہ سے خطاب کیا؛ وہ کوشل کا بہادر فرمانروا، منو کا فرزند، نہایت زورآور تھا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; verse introduces Śūkara as the one who speaks next)
Concept: Authority is accountable to family and lineage; a ruler must speak first to protect and guide dependents.
Application: Before acting in crisis, communicate clearly with family; let responsibility, not impulse, guide decisions.
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: city
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A powerful king, Śūkara, stands amid a forest encampment, turning to address his sons, grandsons, and his queen. His expression blends command and concern, as if weighing a dharmic choice while danger presses close beyond the trees.","primary_figures":["Śūkara (king of Kośala)","wife/queen","sons","grandsons","attendants"],"setting":"forest-side royal halt with a small pavilion, weapons stacked, anxious family gathered in a semicircle","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["royal maroon","antique gold","teak brown","leaf green","ivory"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Śūkara as a crowned Kośala king with gold leaf crown and halo, queen beside him with gem-studded ornaments, sons and grandsons in orderly tiers, ornate pavilion and stylized trees, embossed gold borders emphasizing royal dharma and lineage.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate counsel scene under slender trees, king gesturing gently yet firmly, queen attentive, children and elders listening, soft dawn wash over hills/forest, delicate textiles and refined faces, narrative calm before action.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: frontal king with bold outlines and large eyes, queen and princes arranged symmetrically, simplified forest motifs, warm red-yellow-green pigments, emphasis on gesture (mudrā-like) of instruction.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: royal counsel framed by lotus and creeper borders; stylized forest and animals in the margins, deep blue ground with gold highlights, figures arranged like a devotional tableau though centered on dharmic kingship."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["soft wind through trees","distant bird calls","low murmur of camp","single bell-like chime at key epithets"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तानुवाच = तान् + उवाच; सुतान्पौत्रान्भार्यां = सुतान् + पौत्रान् + भार्याम्; कोशलाधिपतिर्वीरो = कोशलाधिपतिः + वीरः; मनुपुत्रो = मनुपुत्रः; महाबलः (पादान्ते विसर्गः)
FAQs
The verse is narrated in the third person; it functions as a transition stating that Śūkara will speak next to his family (sons, grandsons, and wife).
It identifies Kośala as a political realm with an “adhipati” (ruler), situating the episode within a recognizable ancient Indian geographic-royal setting.
“Manuputra” signals descent from Manu, a standard Purāṇic way of legitimizing royal lineages by linking them to primordial lawgiver-ancestors.