Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 25
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
पुन: प्रसाद्य तं सोम: कला लेभे क्षये दिता: । शृणु नामानि लोकानां मातृणां शङ्कराणि च ॥ २४ ॥ अथ कश्यपपत्नीनां यत्प्रसूतमिदं जगत् । अदितिर्दितिर्दनु: काष्ठा अरिष्टा सुरसा इला ॥ २५ ॥ मुनि: क्रोधवशा ताम्रा सुरभि: सरमा तिमि: । तिमेर्यादोगणा आसन् श्वापदा: सरमासुता: ॥ २६ ॥
punaḥ prasādya taṁ somaḥ kalā lebhe kṣaye ditāḥ śṛṇu nāmāni lokānāṁ mātṝṇāṁ śaṅkarāṇi ca
Kemudian Soma (dewa bulan) menenangkan Prajāpati Dakṣa dengan kata-kata yang sopan dan memperoleh kembali bagian-bagian cahayanya yang hilang karena penyakit itu. Pada paruh gelap, sinar bulan menyusut, dan pada paruh terang ia tampak kembali; namun tetap saja ia tidak berketurunan. Wahai Mahārāja Parīkṣit, dengarkanlah nama-nama mulia para istri Kaśyapa, dari rahim merekalah lahir sebagian besar makhluk di alam semesta: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā, Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā, dan Timi. Dari Timi lahir semua makhluk air, dan dari Saramā lahir binatang buas seperti singa dan harimau.
FAQs
The verse lists Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, and Ilā as wives of Kaśyapa connected with populating the world.
He is presenting the cosmic genealogy—how various classes of beings arise—within the broader narration of Dakṣa’s daughters and the expansion of creation.
It encourages seeing life within a sacred, ordered cosmos—cultivating humility and dharmic responsibility rather than a random view of existence.