Shloka 14
Adhyaya 50 — The Pitris
Sanskrit
शतरूपाञ्च तां नारीं तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम् ।
स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवः पत्नीत्वे जगृहे विभुः ॥
Transliteration
śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣām | svāyambhuvo manur devaḥ patnītve jagṛhe vibhuḥ ||
Translation
而大力的斯瓦扬布瓦·摩奴迎娶那女子沙塔鲁帕（Śatarūpā）为妻——其诸般不净已由苦行之火焚尽。
Word by Word
शतरूपाम्Śatarūpā
शतरूपाम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशतरूपा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular feminine
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम्; conjunction
ताम्her
ताम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular feminine; सर्वनाम
नारीम्woman
नारीम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular feminine
तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम्whose sins were washed away by austerity
तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootतपस् + निर्धूत + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular feminine; विशेषणम् (नारीम्/शतरूपाम्)
स्वायम्भुवःSvāyambhuva
स्वायम्भुवः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वायम्भुव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular masculine
मनुःManu
मनुः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular masculine
देवःthe divine one
देवः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular masculine; apposition to मनुः
पत्नीत्वेin the status of wife; as wife
पत्नीत्वे:
अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नीत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम्; locative singular neuter; भाववाचक
जगृहेaccepted, took (as)
जगृहे:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्; 3rd person singular perfect middle
विभुःthe mighty one
विभुः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular masculine; apposition
Speakers
Narrative voice within genealogical account
Primary Deities
Svāyambhuva ManuŚatarūpā
Key ThemesGenealogyAusterity (tapas)Marriage as cosmic institution
FAQs
Householder life (gṛhastha) is grounded in inner purification: even the primordial couple is portrayed as tapas-purified, suggesting that progeny and social order should rest on self-discipline.
Manvantara and Vaṃśa: establishment of the primal human pair through whom lineages proceed.
Śatarūpā (‘hundred-formed’) can symbolize prakṛti’s many modalities; union with Manu (law/mind) indicates order guiding multiplicity into coherent creation.