Shloka 8
तारकासुर-पूर्ववृत्त-प्रश्नः (Questions on Tārakāsura and Śivā’s tapas) / “Inquiry into Tārakāsura’s origin and Śivā–Śiva narrative”
मम पुत्रो मरीचिर्यः कश्यपस्तस्य चात्मजः । त्रयोदशमितास्तस्य स्त्रियो दक्षसुताश्च याः
mama putro marīciryaḥ kaśyapastasya cātmajaḥ | trayodaśamitāstasya striyo dakṣasutāśca yāḥ
“My son is Marīci, and Kaśyapa is his son. Kaśyapa’s wives are said to be thirteen in number—those who are the daughters of Dakṣa.”
Brahmā (narrating genealogical lineage within the Rudra Saṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It situates cosmic order through sacred lineage (prajā-sarga), showing how dharma and creation proceed through ordained relationships—ultimately under the sovereignty of Pati (Śiva) who presides over the cosmos even when the narrative describes progenitors like Kaśyapa and Dakṣa.
Though genealogical, it supports the Purāṇic frame in which all beings and lineages arise within Śiva’s governed universe; Saguna Śiva is revered as the Lord who sustains the manifested order in which these progenitors and their descendants function.
No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; the practical takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva as Pati while studying creation narratives—often paired in Śaiva practice with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”