Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 18
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
सरूपासूत भूतस्य भार्या रुद्रांश्च कोटिश: । रैवतोऽजो भवो भीमो वाम उग्रो वृषाकपि: ॥ १७ ॥ अजैकपादहिर्ब्रध्नो बहुरूपो महानिति । रुद्रस्य पार्षदाश्चान्ये घोरा: प्रेतविनायका: ॥ १८ ॥
sarūpāsūta bhūtasya bhāryā rudrāṁś ca koṭiśaḥ raivato ’jo bhavo bhīmo vāma ugro vṛṣākapiḥ
Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, gave birth to the ten million Rudras, of whom the eleven principle Rudras were Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, Vṛṣākapi, Ajaikapāt, Ahirbradhna, Bahurūpa and Mahān. Their associates, the ghosts and goblins, who are very fearful, were born of the other wife of Bhūta.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that Bhūta had two wives. One of them, Sarūpā, gave birth to the eleven Rudras, and the other wife gave birth to the associates of the Rudras known as the ghosts and hobgoblins.
FAQs
This verse states that Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, produced countless Rudra-expansions, including Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, and Vṛṣākapi.
In this chapter he is describing the cosmic genealogy—how various beings and divine expansions arise through Daksha’s line and related unions—so Parīkṣit can understand the structure of creation and its administrators.
They remind a reader that the universe is governed by higher order and divine administration, encouraging humility and devotion rather than the idea that everything is random or ownerless.