Shloka 13
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
प्रियव्रतात् प्रजावत्यां वीरात् कन्या व्यजायत ।
कन्या सा तु महाभागा कर्दमस्य प्रजापते ॥
priyavratāt prajāvatyāṃ vīrāt kanyā vyajāyata |
kanyā sā tu mahābhāgā kardamasya prajāpate ||
বীর প্রিয়ব্রত ও প্রজাবতীর গর্ভে এক কন্যা জন্মাল। সেই পুণ্যবতী কন্যা প্রজাপতি কর্দমের সঙ্গে সংযুক্ত ছিলেন।
FAQs
Purāṇic genealogy highlights dharmic continuity through both sons and daughters; marital/lineage links to Prajāpatis legitimize social and cosmic progeny.
Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita: detailing progeny and the interlinking of royal and Prajāpati lines.
The daughter’s linkage to a Prajāpati suggests the bridging of ‘royal order’ and ‘creative order’—kṣatra power aligned to progenitive/cosmic authority.