Shloka 3
पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”
दक्षनामा मम सुतो यः पुरा कथितो मुने । तस्य जाताः सुताः षष्टिप्रमितास्सृष्टिकारणाः
dakṣanāmā mama suto yaḥ purā kathito mune | tasya jātāḥ sutāḥ ṣaṣṭipramitāssṛṣṭikāraṇāḥ
O sage, Dakṣa—who was earlier spoken of as my son—had sixty sons; they became instrumental causes in the work of creation.
Brahma
Tattva Level: pasha
Cosmic Event: Secondary creation (sarga/pratisarga) via Prajāpati lineages.
FAQs
It frames creation as an ordered, delegated process: progenitors arise as instruments of sṛṣṭi, while the Shaiva Siddhanta view maintains that the ultimate Lord (Pati, Śiva) remains the supreme ground beyond all secondary causes.
By highlighting that even vast creation proceeds through limited agents, the verse indirectly points devotees to worship Saguna Śiva (as Liṅga) as the transcendent controller who empowers all creative functions yet is not confined by them.
A practical takeaway is to meditate on Śiva as the inner ruler of all cosmic processes while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” recognizing creation’s agents as dependent powers, not the final refuge.