Shloka 40
Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas
Manvantara Genealogy
गृद्ध्रिकाश्वी ह्युलूकी च ताम्रा कन्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । काकी काकानजनयदुलूकी प्रत्युलूककान्
gṛddhrikāśvī hyulūkī ca tāmrā kanyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | kākī kākānajanayadulūkī pratyulūkakān
Gṛddhrikāśvī, Ulūkī, and Tāmrā are proclaimed as her daughters. Kākī gave birth to crows, and Ulūkī gave birth to the pratyulūkas, a class of owls.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It situates living species within an ordered cosmic lineage, implying that the manifested world (paśu) functions under divinely upheld order (ṛta) governed ultimately by Pati—Lord Shiva—who remains the transcendent ground even as creation diversifies into names and forms.
Although the verse is genealogical, it supports Saguna understanding: Shiva as Lord of the manifest cosmos where distinct beings arise through lawful creation. Linga worship centers the devotee on Pati, the inner ruler of all such lineages and embodied forms.
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; a practical takeaway is to contemplate Shiva as the indwelling Lord of all species while doing japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to cultivate reverence for all life as part of His ordered manifestation.