Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 50
Expansion of Creation through Dakṣa and Kaśyapa: Devas, Dānavas, Nāgas, Birds, and Cosmic Offices
अयोमुखः शंबरश्च कपिलो वामनस्तथा । मरीचिर्मागधश्चैव हरिर्गजशिरास्तथा
ayomukhaḥ śaṃbaraśca kapilo vāmanastathā | marīcirmāgadhaścaiva harirgajaśirāstathā
Ayomukha and Śambara; Kapila and Vāmana; Marīci and Māgadha; and also Hari and Gajaśiras—these names are being recited in enumeration.
Unspecified (continuation of a name-listing passage in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 6)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: śaṃbaraśca = śaṃbaraḥ + ca; marīcirmāgadhaścaiva = marīciḥ + māgadhaḥ + ca + eva; harirgajaśirāstathā = hariḥ + gajaśirāḥ + tathā.
FAQs
It functions as a catalogue-verse, continuing an enumeration of notable beings (proper names) within a creation-and-lineage context typical of the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa.
Not necessarily. “Hari” can be an epithet of Viṣṇu, but in list-verses it may also appear as a proper name of a distinct figure; the immediate context of the surrounding verses is needed to decide definitively.
No direct ethical or bhakti instruction is stated in this specific śloka; its primary role is documentary—preserving a traditional list of names within the Purāṇic narrative framework.