Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16
सृष्टिक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of the Sequence of Creation
ददौ प्रसूतिं दक्षायोत्तानपादानुजां सुताः । तासां प्रसूतिप्रसवैस्सर्वं व्याप्तं चराचरम्
dadau prasūtiṃ dakṣāyottānapādānujāṃ sutāḥ | tāsāṃ prasūtiprasavaissarvaṃ vyāptaṃ carācaram
彼はプラースーティ（Prasūti）—ウッターナパーダ（Uttānapāda）の妹—をダクシャ（Dakṣa）に妻として与えた。プラースーティとその子孫より、動くものも動かぬものも、全宇宙は遍く満ち広がった。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: expansion of the moving and unmoving universe through Dakṣa–Prasūti progeny (prajā-sarga)
FAQs
It frames worldly creation (the chara–achara universe) as unfolding through ordained lineages, implying that all manifested life operates within Shiva’s cosmic order (niyati) even when the narrative speaks through genealogies.
By showing the universe as ‘pervaded’ through manifest creation, the verse supports Saguna Shiva devotion: the devotee reveres Shiva as immanent in the entire charachara world, worshipped symbolically in the Linga as the all-pervading Lord.
A practical takeaway is to cultivate Shiva-bhakti by seeing all beings as pervaded by divine order, and to steady the mind with japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while practicing reverence toward all life.