Shloka 8
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
सूत्यामेव च पुत्राणां सहस्रमसृजत्प्रभुः शबला नाम ते विप्राः समेताः सृष्टिहेतवः
sūtyāmeva ca putrāṇāṃ sahasramasṛjatprabhuḥ śabalā nāma te viprāḥ sametāḥ sṛṣṭihetavaḥ
En ese mismo acto de engendrar descendencia, el Señor creó mil hijos. Aquellos videntes bráhmanas, llamados Śabala, unidos entre sí, se volvieron instrumentos para el despliegue de la creación.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames creation as proceeding under the Lord (Pati) through appointed progenitors; in Linga worship this supports the view that all manifestation arises from Mahadeva, and the Linga is revered as the sustaining source behind the visible world.
By calling the supreme principle “prabhuḥ,” it emphasizes Shiva-tattva as sovereign causality: the Lord empowers secondary agents (seer-progenitors) while remaining the ultimate ground of srishti and the controller of pasha-bound existence.
No direct puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is doctrinal—Pashupata-oriented contemplation that all creative powers operate as sṛṣṭi-hetavaḥ under Pati, encouraging worship and yoga that shift the pashu from dependence on pasha to refuge in Shiva.