Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23
मनु-शतरूपा-प्रसूतिः तथा दक्षकन्याविवाहाः
Manu–Śatarūpā, Prasūti, and the Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters
कन्याचतुष्टयं चैव महीयांसस्तदन्वयाः । येषां वंशे समुत्पन्नो बहुपुत्रस्य कश्यपः । स्मृतिश्चांगिरसः पत्नी जनयामास वै सुतौ । आग्नीध्रं शरभञ्चैव तथा कन्याचतुष्टयम्
kanyācatuṣṭayaṃ caiva mahīyāṃsastadanvayāḥ | yeṣāṃ vaṃśe samutpanno bahuputrasya kaśyapaḥ | smṛtiścāṃgirasaḥ patnī janayāmāsa vai sutau | āgnīdhraṃ śarabhañcaiva tathā kanyācatuṣṭayam
De cette lignée naquirent d’illustres descendants ; et dans leur race vint au monde Kaśyapa, renommé comme père de nombreux fils. Smṛti, l’épouse du sage Aṅgirā, enfanta en vérité deux fils—Āgnīdhra et Śarabha—ainsi que quatre filles.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
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It situates the dharmic order of creation through revered lineages, showing how embodied souls (paśu) arise within a divinely governed cosmos under Pati (Śiva), where righteous progeny and sage-traditions uphold dharma.
Though genealogical, it frames the Purāṇic world in which Saguna Śiva’s worship is transmitted through rishis and families; such lineages preserve ritual knowledge, mantra, and temple traditions that culminate in Linga-upāsanā.
The verse implies śraddhā in guru–ṛṣi paramparā: study (svādhyāya) of Purāṇas, remembrance of Śiva as the supreme governor (Pati), and regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as the steady practice supporting dharma.