Shloka 2
Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas
Manvantara Genealogy
कदूर्मुनिश्च विप्रेन्द्र तास्वपत्यानि मे शृणु । पूर्वमन्वंतरे श्रेष्ठे द्वादशासन्सुरोत्तमाः
kadūrmuniśca viprendra tāsvapatyāni me śṛṇu | pūrvamanvaṃtare śreṣṭhe dvādaśāsansurottamāḥ
O best of Brahmins, hear from me of the offspring born from them. In the excellent former Manvantara, there were twelve—foremost among the gods.
Suta Goswami
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: manvantara-cycle (former manvantara; emergence of twelve Tuṣita devas)
FAQs
It frames sacred genealogy within cosmic time (Manvantaras), reminding the listener that even the greatest devas arise within ordered cycles, while Shiva as Pati remains the transcendental ground beyond those cycles.
By placing devas and their origins in a narrated hierarchy, the text implicitly directs devotion beyond contingent divine ranks toward Shiva, who is worshipped as Saguna through the Linga for accessible grace and liberation.
The immediate practice is śravaṇa (devotional listening) to Purāṇic narration; as a Shaiva takeaway, pair such listening with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to internalize Shiva as the supreme refuge beyond cosmic cycles.