Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 79, Shloka 12

Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons

Sanskrit

करूषश्च पृषध्रश्च वसुमान् लोकविश्रुतः ।

मनोर् वैवस्वतस्यैते नव पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥

Transliteration

karūṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca vasumān lokaviśrutaḥ |

manor vaivasvatasyaite nava putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||

Translation

迦卢沙（Karūṣa）、普利沙陀罗（Pṛṣadhra）以及世间著名的婆苏曼（Vasumān）——这些被宣称为毗婆斯瓦特·摩奴（Vaivasvata Manu）的九位儿子。

Word by Word

• करूषः: Karūṣa (name)
• करूषः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पृषध्रः: Pṛṣadhra (name)
• पृषध्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वसुमान्: Vasumān (name; 'possessing wealth')
• वसुमान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• लोकविश्रुतः: world-renowned
• लोकविश्रुतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier of वसुमान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa): लोकस्य विश्रुतः = famed in the world

• मनॊः: of Manu
• मनॊः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• वैवस्वतस्य: of Vaivasvata
• वैवस्वतस्य: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-विशेषण (qualifying मनोः)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• नव: nine
• नव: Visheshana (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agreeing with पुत्राः)

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to एते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/are mentioned
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speakers

• Narrator voice within Manvantara exposition

Key Themes

• Genealogy
• Vaivasvata Manu
• Dynastic enumeration

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Enumerations like ‘nine sons’ are mnemonic anchors: they preserve cultural memory of dharmic polity and the transmission of social order through legitimate succession.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita: dynastic cataloging as an essential Purāṇic characteristic.

What is the esoteric significance?

The number-nine motif can suggest completeness in a cycle of progeny and governance; in Purāṇic style it marks a closed set within the larger time-cycle.