Shloka 19
मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्
प्रसूत्यां च तथा दक्षश् चतस्रो विंशतिं तथा ससर्ज कन्यास् तासां तु सम्यङ् नामानि मे शृणु
prasūtyāṃ ca tathā dakṣaś catasro viṃśatiṃ tathā sasarja kanyās tāsāṃ tu samyaṅ nāmāni me śṛṇu
And from Prasūti, Dakṣa brought forth twenty-four daughters. Now hear from me, with careful attention, their proper names as they are to be recounted.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Enumeration of Dakṣa’s offspring and their proper names for understanding cosmic progeny
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Secondary
Concept: Precise naming and enumeration of progenitors is presented as a means to grasp the structured unfolding of creation from archetypal sources.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Practice attentive listening (śravaṇa) and accuracy in study, treating sacred cosmology as an ordered teaching rather than mere mythic list.
Vishishtadvaita: Multiplicity of beings and powers is not illusory negation but a real, ordered manifestation within the Lord’s cosmic body.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
FAQs
They form a key genealogical bridge in prajā-sarga: through their marriages, many classes of beings and lineages unfold, organizing creation into an intelligible cosmic order.
Parāśara presents creation as structured and sequential: Dakṣa, through Prasūti, generates a defined number of daughters, whose names and unions will be enumerated as the next step in the narrative.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic genealogy functions as an expression of divine sovereignty—creation proceeds in ordered lineages under the ultimate ground of reality attributed to Vishnu.