Shloka 45

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वासिष्ठो विरजास् तथा अत्रिर् देवसदश्चैव श्रवणो ऽथ श्रविष्ठकः कुणिश् च कुणिबाहुश् च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः

Transliteration

sudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vāsiṣṭho virajās tathā atrir devasadaścaiva śravaṇo 'tha śraviṣṭhakaḥ kuṇiś ca kuṇibāhuś ca kuśarīraḥ kunetrakaḥ

Translation

সূত বললেন—সুধামা, কাশ্যপ, বাসিষ্ঠ ও বিরজা; তদ্রূপ অত্রি ও দেবসদ; তারপর শ্রবণ ও শ্রবিষ্ঠক; কুণি ও কুণিবাহু; কুশরীর ও কুনেত্রক—এঁদের নাম সৃষ্টিপ্রবাহে গণিত। পতি প্রভুর অধীনে এই প্রজাপ্রবাহেই জীব দেহধারণ করে।

Word by Word

• सुधामा: Sudhāmā (a named progenitor/sage)

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa

• च एव: and also

• वासिष्ठः: Vāsiṣṭha (of the Vasiṣṭha-line)

• विरजाः: Virajā

• तथा: likewise

• अत्रिः: Atri

• देवसदः: Devasada

• च एव: and also

• श्रवणः: Śravaṇa

• अथ: then

• श्रविष्ठकः: Śraviṣṭhaka

• कुणिः: Kuṇi

• च: and

• कुणिबाहुः: Kuṇibāhu

• च: and

• कुशरीरः: Kuśarīra

• कुनेत्रकः: Kunetraka

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kashyapa
• Atri
• Vasistha

FAQs

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

This verse supports Linga-worship indirectly by grounding the cosmic and social order (sarga) in which Shiva-puja is transmitted—through rishis and progenitor lineages that preserve mantra, ritual, and dharma.

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

By listing progenitors within the creation narrative, it implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the sovereign regulator behind sarga—while the paśu (individual beings) move through embodied lineages under the law of karma (a form of pāśa/bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pāśupata Yoga technique is stated; the emphasis is on lineage and transmission—the prerequisite framework through which Pāśupata discipline and Shaiva rites later become established.