Shloka 115
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस् तु शरस्तम्बे व्यजायत तस्य शाखो विशाखश् च नैगमेयश् च पृष्ठजाः
agniputraḥ kumāras tu śarastambe vyajāyata tasya śākho viśākhaś ca naigameyaś ca pṛṣṭhajāḥ
Kumāra, the son of Agni, came forth amid the clump of śara reeds. From his very back were born Śākha, Viśākha, and Naigameya.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of theogonic genealogies of deities and their offspring.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Concept: Divine functions manifest through extraordinary births, indicating that cosmic order includes supra-normal modes of generation.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Hold a wider view of causality: remain receptive to grace and the unexpected in spiritual life while keeping disciplined effort.
Vishishtadvaita: The marvellous within nature is not illusory but a meaningful expression within the Lord-governed cosmos (real, ordered plurality).
Key Kings: Agni, Kumāra, Śākha, Viśākha, Naigameya
FAQs
It identifies Kumāra (Skanda) through a distinctive Purāṇic birth motif—his manifestation associated with Agni and the śara thicket—marking him as a divinely originated commander-deity whose story is preserved within genealogical narration.
Parāśara presents names and modes of birth as authoritative markers within the dynastic record, using concise genealogical verses to situate divine and semi-divine figures within the larger framework of cosmic and royal lineages.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames such divine genealogies within Vishnu’s sovereign order—lineage, birth, and role unfold as parts of the regulated cosmos upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.