Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 30
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
अरिष्टायास्तु गन्धर्वा: काष्ठाया द्विशफेतरा: । सुता दनोरेकषष्टिस्तेषां प्राधानिकाञ् शृणु ॥ २९ ॥ द्विमूर्धा शम्बरोऽरिष्टो हयग्रीवो विभावसु: । अयोमुख: शङ्कुशिरा: स्वर्भानु: कपिलोऽरुण: ॥ ३० ॥ पुलोमा वृषपर्वा च एकचक्रोऽनुतापन: । धूम्रकेशो विरूपाक्षो विप्रचित्तिश्च दुर्जय: ॥ ३१ ॥
ariṣṭāyās tu gandharvāḥ kāṣṭhāyā dviśaphetarāḥ sutā danor eka-ṣaṣṭis teṣāṁ prādhānikāñ śṛṇu
ຈາກຄັນຂອງອະຣິດຖາ ເກີດພວກຄັນທັຣວະ; ຈາກຄັນຂອງກາດຖາ ເກີດສັດກີບບໍ່ແຍກ ເຊັ່ນ ມ້າ. ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ຈາກຄັນຂອງດະນຸ ເກີດບຸດ 61 ຄົນ; ໃນນັ້ນ 18 ຄົນນີ້ເປັນຜູ້ສຳຄັນ: ດວິມູຣທາ, ຊັມບະຣ, ອະຣິດຖະ, ຫະຍະກຣີວ, ວິພາວະສຸ, ອະໂຍມຸຂ, ຊັງກຸຊິຣາ, ສະວັຣພານຸ, ກະປິລ, ອະຣຸນ, ປຸໂລມາ, ວຶສະປັຣວາ, ເອກະຈັກຣ, ອະນຸຕາປະນ, ທູມຣະເກດ, ວິຣູປາກຊະ, ວິປຣະຈິຕຕິ ແລະ ທຸຣຊະຍະ
FAQs
In Canto 6, the Bhagavatam includes genealogical lists of Daitya/Dānava figures, naming prominent personalities to map the lineages that repeatedly appear in conflicts with the devas and devotees.
Śukadeva is narrating dynastic and cosmic history; these names situate later events and teachings within a coherent lineage, showing how various beings arise through karma and progeny across creation.
They train the reader to see life as part of a larger moral-cosmic order (karma and dharma), encouraging humility and steadiness while focusing one’s main aim on bhakti rather than temporary identity.