Shloka 101
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
तांश् चापि नष्टान् विज्ञाय पुत्रान् दक्षः प्रजापतिः क्रोधं चक्रे महाभागो नारदं स शशाप च
tāṃś cāpi naṣṭān vijñāya putrān dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ krodhaṃ cakre mahābhāgo nāradaṃ sa śaśāpa ca
When the illustrious Prajāpati Dakṣa realized that those sons too had vanished, he was seized with wrath and pronounced a curse upon Nārada.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Key Kings: Dakṣa, Nārada
FAQs
It dramatizes the conflict between the imperative of creation (progeny and social order) and the ascetic impulse toward renunciation, showing how cosmic continuity can be disrupted by spiritual redirection.
Parāśara recounts it as part of early creation-era genealogies, explaining causal turns—like curses—that redirect lineages and thereby shape subsequent generations and world-order.
Even amid anger, curses, and ruptures in lineage, the Purana implies an overarching sovereignty: creation and its course proceed under the supreme ordering reality of Vishnu, who sustains the cosmic process beyond individual intentions.