Shloka 3
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
यदा तु सृजतस्तस्य देवर्षिगणपन्नगान् न वृद्धिमगमल्लोकस् तदा मैथुनयोगतः
yadā tu sṛjatastasya devarṣigaṇapannagān na vṛddhimagamallokas tadā maithunayogataḥ
কিন্তু তেওঁ দেৱ, দেৱৰ্ষি, গণ আৰু পন্নগসকলক সৃষ্টি কৰোঁতে থাকিলেও লোকসমূহ বৃদ্ধি নাপালে; তেতিয়া তেওঁ মৈথুনযোগৰ আশ্ৰয় ল’লে।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, with the inner narrative centered on Brahmā’s creation)
FAQs
It frames creation as requiring a conscious, yogic activation of generative power; in Linga theology this points to the Linga as the sign of Pati’s sṛṣṭi-śakti—creation proceeding through ordered śakti, not mere chance.
Though the verse speaks within a creation account, it implies the Shaiva view that increase in worlds depends on disciplined śakti; Shiva-tattva as Pati is the regulator of śakti and the ground by which beings (paśus) multiply and continue within saṃsāra under pāśa.
Maithuna-yoga is highlighted as a regulated method for progeny-expansion—presented as a disciplined means (yogataḥ) rather than indulgence, aligning with Purāṇic emphasis on ordered dharmic generation.