Shloka 104

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा द्वे कृशाश्वाय विदुषे तासां नामानि मे शृणु

Transliteration

dve caiva bahuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā dve kṛśāśvāya viduṣe tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu

Translation

Two (daughters) were given to Bahuputra, two likewise to Aṅgiras, and two to the wise Kṛśāśva. Now hear from me their names.

Word by Word

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Count of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; ‘कन्याः’ इत्यनुवृत्त्या संख्या

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (particle: indeed/only)

• बहुपुत्राय: to (him) who has many sons (Bahuputra)
• बहुपुत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहुपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक: बहु + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘बहवः पुत्राः यस्य’

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Count of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; संख्या

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• आङ्गिरसे: to Āṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरसे: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): एवं/तद्वत् (likewise)

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Count of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; संख्या

• कृशाश्वाय: to Kṛśāśva
• कृशाश्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशाश्व (प्रातिपदिक: कृश + अश्व)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• विदुषे: to the wise one
• विदुषे: Sampradana (Recipient-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कृशाश्वाय’

• तासाम्: of those (daughters)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; मम

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Request/transition to enumerate the daughters’ names and their offspring.

Teaching: Genealogical

Quality: authoritative

Dynasty & Genealogy

Key Kings: Bahuputra, Aṅgiras, Kṛśāśva

Characters & Entities

• Bahuputra
• Aṅgiras
• Kṛśāśva

FAQs

What is the significance of listing rishis and their allotted daughters in the Vishnu Purana?

It encodes sacred history as a structured genealogy, showing how creation-era society and spiritual lineages propagate in an ordered, dharmic way through rishi families.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the transmission of lineage knowledge to Maitreya here?

Parāśara uses an enumerative teaching style—first stating the distribution (two each), then promising the specific names—signaling a careful, authoritative catalog meant for accurate remembrance.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s genealogies function as a map of cosmic governance under Vishnu’s sovereignty, where orderly succession and dharma reflect the Supreme Reality sustaining creation.