Shloka 15
निशा त्वजनयत् कन्यामग्नीषोमाबुभौ तथा । मनोरेवाभवद् भार्या सुषुवे पडच पावकान्,मनु (भानु)-की ही एक तीसरी पत्नी थी, जिसका नाम था निशा। उसने एक कन्या और दो पुत्रों-को जन्म दिया। (कन्याका नाम “रोहिणी” तथा) पुत्रोंके नाम थे--अग्नि और सोम, इनके सिवा, निशाने पाँच अग्निस्वरूप पुत्र और भी उत्पन्न किये। (जिनके नाम क्रमश: इस प्रकार हैं--वैश्वानर, विश्वपति, सब्निहित, कपिल और अग्रणी)
niśā tv ajanayat kanyām agnīṣomau bubhau tathā | manor evābhavad bhāryā suṣuve pañca pāvakān ||
Markandeya said: Niśā bore a daughter, and likewise two sons—Agni and Soma. She also became the wife of Manu and gave birth to five sons of fiery nature. The passage situates these births within a genealogical-sacral frame, presenting cosmic forces (fire and moon) as embodied in progeny, and implying that lineage and marital order are upheld as part of dharma.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces a dharmic worldview where orderly lineage, sanctioned marriage, and progeny are not merely social facts but expressions of cosmic principles—Agni and Soma representing fundamental forces embodied through birth.
Mārkaṇḍeya recounts a genealogical episode: Niśā gives birth to a daughter and to the sons Agni and Soma, then becomes Manu’s wife and bears five additional sons described as pāvakas (fire-like beings).