Shloka 42

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

उत्तमे मरुतो ये च ताञ्छृणुष्व तपोधन उत्तमस्यान्ववाये तु राजासीन्निषधाधिपः

Transliteration

uttame maruto ye ca tāñchṛṇuṣva tapodhana uttamasyānvavāye tu rājāsīnniṣadhādhipaḥ

Translation

اے تپودھن! اب ‘اُتّم’ نامی گروہ کے مروتوں کا حال سنو۔ اور اُتّم کی نسل میں نِشَدھ کا حاکم ایک راجا تھا۔

Speakers

• Narrator addressing a sage (honorific: tapodhana)
• transitioning to details of the Uttama Maruts and a Niṣadha king in Uttama’s lineage.

Primary Deities

• Maruts

Key Themes

• Cataloging of divine groups (Marut-gaṇas)
• Genealogy/lineage (anvavāya)
• Linking cosmic beings with terrestrial kingship

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Is “Uttama” here a person, a Manu, or a class of Maruts?

In Purāṇic catalogues, “Uttama” can function as a proper designation tied to Manvantara structures (e.g., Uttama Manu) and also as a label for a particular Marut-group. This verse signals a subsection: the Maruts associated with “Uttama.”

Why does the text move from Maruts to a king of Niṣadha?

Purāṇas frequently interleave cosmic offices (deva-gaṇas) with terrestrial genealogies to show correspondence between divine administration and human rulership within a given Manvantara framework.

What is the geographical significance of Niṣadha?

Niṣadha is a recognized Purāṇic toponym for a realm/people; in broader Purāṇic geography it is often situated within the subcontinental sacred landscape (varṣa/region schemes), serving as a marker anchoring genealogical narratives to place.