Maruts
Hindu · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Collective of wind deities and companions of Indra. The Viṣṇu Purāṇa numbers them forty-nine and derives their birth from Diti’s pregnancy by Kaśyapa.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Ṛgveda 6.66: Rudra and Pṛśni
deity by descent in this account.
- father: Rudra (Rigvedic hymns)Ṛgveda 6.66.1–3 and 11, Griffith translation (primary)
- mother: Pṛśni of the Marut hymnsṚgveda 6.66.1–3 and 11, Griffith translation (primary)
- Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21: Diti and Kaśyapa
deity by descent in this account.
- mother: DitiViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)
- father: KashyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)
Children in alternative accounts
- Suyaśā: Śiva Purāṇa: daughter of the MarutsShiva Purana 3.7.10–22, 31–57, coronation and marriage (primary)
Variant accounts
- Collective identityThe Maruts are a host, not an individual bearer of Vāyu’s Marut alias. Their two cited origin accounts remain separately selectable.Ṛgveda 6.66.1–3 and 11, Griffith translation (primary)
Relations
- companion: IndraViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)
- parent of: SuyaśāCollective parentage: the passage does not select one Marut as an individual father.Śiva Purāṇa 3.7.41 and 57, Shastri translation (primary)
Sources
- Collective of wind deities and companions of Indra. The Viṣṇu Purāṇa numbers them forty-nine and derives their birth from Diti’s pregnancy by Kaśyapa.: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)