Shloka 62

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

Devanagari script

कैकसी चाप्यजनयद् रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् कुम्भकर्णं शूर्पणखां धीमन्तं च विभीषणम्

Transliteration

kaikasī cāpyajanayad rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam kumbhakarṇaṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ dhīmantaṃ ca vibhīṣaṇam

Translation

وأنجبت كَيْكَسِي أيضًا رَافَنَة، سيدَ الرَّاكْشَسَة؛ وكُمْبَهَكَرْنَة؛ وشُورْپَنَخَا؛ ووِبْهِيشَنَة الحكيم. وهكذا تَثَبَّتَ النَّسَبُ الرَّاكْشَسِيُّ المشهور، الذي صار لاحقًا أداةً لعودة الدَّهَرْمَا تحت سيادةِ پَتِي (شِيفا)، الحاكمِ لمصائرِ الـpaśu عبر قيودِ الكَرْمَا (pāśa).

Word by Word

• कैकसी (Kaikasī): the Rakshasa matriarch Kaikasī

• च (ca): and

• अपि (api): also

• अजनयत् (ajanayat): gave birth to, bore

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam): Rāvaṇa

• राक्षस-अधिपम् (rākṣasa-adhipam): lord of the Rakshasas

• कुम्भकर्णम् (kumbhakarṇam): Kumbhakarṇa

• शूर्पणखाम् (śūrpaṇakhām): Śūrpaṇakhā

• धीमन्तम् (dhīmantam): wise, intelligent

• च (ca): and

• विभीषणम् (vibhīṣaṇam): Vibhīṣaṇa

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Kaikasi
• Ravana
• Kumbhakarna
• Shurpanakha
• Vibhishana

FAQs

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

By recording the birth of key Rakshasa figures, the verse situates later episodes of adharma and its correction—events that, in Purāṇic theology, ultimately reaffirm devotion to Pati (Śiva) and the stabilizing power of dharma upheld through Shiva-centric worship, including Linga-upāsanā.

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

Though Śiva is not named directly, the narrative implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the supreme governor of outcomes—under whose ordinance paśus (souls) experience the fruits of pāśa (karmic bondage), even through formidable lineages like the Rakshasas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific ritual is prescribed in this verse; the takeaway is doctrinal: Pāśupata-inflected ethics—recognizing karma and bondage (pāśa) and turning toward Pati through disciplined devotion (bhakti) and purity, which later chapters connect to Shiva-pūjā and Linga-sevā.