Shloka 42

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रादिवंशाश् च बहवः स्मृताः एवं प्रजासु सृष्टासु कश्यपेन महात्मना

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ putrapautrādivaṃśāś ca bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ evaṃ prajāsu sṛṣṭāsu kaśyapena mahātmanā

Translation

وتُذكَر لهم أنساب كثيرة عبر الأبناء والأحفاد وسائر الذرية. وهكذا، لما أوجد كاشيابا العظيم النفس تلك الذرارى المتنوعة، استمرّ سيل الخلق في تعاقبٍ منظم.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these

• पुत्र: sons

• पौत्र: grandsons

• आदि: and so on

• वंशाः: lineages/dynasties

• च: and

• बहवः: many

• स्मृताः: are remembered/recorded in tradition

• एवम्: thus

• प्रजासु: in/among the progeny/creatures

• सृष्टासु: when created/having been created

• कश्यपेन: by Kaśyapa

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Kashyapa

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames creation as an ordered, remembered lineage-process, supporting the Shaiva view that all manifest beings (pashu) arise within a divinely governed cosmos under Pati (Shiva), whom Linga worship recognizes as the transcendent ground of all origination.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Shiva is not named here, the verse reflects Shiva-tattva indirectly: the continuity and intelligibility of creation (srishti-krama) implies a supreme regulator beyond genealogies—Pati—by whose will the manifest order proceeds through instruments like Kashyapa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative: Pashupata-oriented reflection on srishti as a dependent order helps loosen pasha (bondage) by recognizing all lineages and identities as transient manifestations supported by Pati.