Shloka 22

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

एते रुद्राः समाख्याता एकादश गणेश्वराः कश्यपस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पत्नीभ्यः पुत्रपौत्रकम्

Transliteration

ete rudrāḥ samākhyātā ekādaśa gaṇeśvarāḥ kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi patnībhyaḥ putrapautrakam

Translation

આ રીતે રુદ્રો—ગણોના એકાદશ ગણેશ્વરો—કહ્યા ગયા. હવે હું કશ્યપની વંશપરંપરા, તેની પત્નીઓથી જન્મેલા પુત્રો અને પૌત્રોનું વર્ણન કરું છું.

Word by Word

• एते: these

• रुद्राः: Rudras

• समाख्याता: have been narrated/declared

• एकादश: eleven

• गणेश्वराः: lords of the gaṇas (attendant hosts)

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain

• पत्नीभ्यः: from (his) wives

• पुत्रपौत्रकम्: sons and grandsons (progeny-line).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Kashyapa

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It situates Linga-centered Shaiva cosmology within creation-order: the Rudras (Shiva’s manifest powers) are established as gaṇa-lords, after which the Purana maps the created lineages—showing how devotion to Pati (Shiva) stands above the proliferating worlds of progeny.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is implied through the Rudras as organizing divine agencies: the one Pati is reflected as multiple Rudra-powers presiding over gaṇas, indicating Shiva’s governance of cosmic functions while remaining the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pashupata-yoga limb is prescribed in this line; it functions as a narrative transition from Rudra enumeration to genealogy, supporting the Purana’s broader Srishti framework that later grounds Shaiva worship and discipline.