Shloka 15

यदुवंश-प्रवचनम्: हैहय-क्रोष्टु-वंशविस्तारः (कृतवीर्यार्जुनादि, ज्यामघ-विदर्भ-शात्वत-पर्यन्तम्)

Devanagari script

मधोः पुत्रशतं चासीद् वृष्णिस्तस्य तु वंशभाक् वृष्णेस्तु वृष्णयः सर्वे मधोर्वै माधवाः स्मृताः यादवा यदुवंशेन निरुच्यन्ते तु हैहयाः

Transliteration

madhoḥ putraśataṃ cāsīd vṛṣṇistasya tu vaṃśabhāk vṛṣṇestu vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve madhorvai mādhavāḥ smṛtāḥ yādavā yaduvaṃśena nirucyante tu haihayāḥ

Translation

മധുവിന് നൂറു പുത്രന്മാർ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അവരിൽ വൃഷ്ണി അവന്റെ വംശധാരകനായി. വൃഷ്ണിയിൽ നിന്നുള്ളവർ എല്ലാവരും ‘വൃഷ്ണികൾ’ എന്നും, മധുവിൽ നിന്നുള്ളവർ ‘മാധവർ’ എന്നും സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ‘യാദവർ’ യദുവംശത്തിൽ പെട്ടവർ; ഹൈഹയരും അതേ യദുവംശത്തിൽ തന്നെ എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• मधोः (madhoḥ): of Madhu

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam): a hundred sons

• च (ca): and

• आसीत् (āsīt): there was/there were

• वृष्णिः (vṛṣṇiḥ): Vṛṣṇi

• तस्य (tasya): of him/that one (Madhu)

• तु (tu): indeed

• वंशभाक् (vaṃśabhāk): inheritor/partaker of the lineage

• वृष्णेः (vṛṣṇeḥ): of Vṛṣṇi

• वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ): the Vṛṣṇis (clan)

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• मधोः (madhoḥ): of Madhu

• वै (vai): verily

• माधवाः (mādhavāḥ): the Mādhavas (descendants of Madhu)

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ): are remembered/called

• यादवाः (yādavāḥ): Yādavas

• यदुवंशेन (yaduvaṃśena): by/in the Yadu lineage

• निरुच्यन्ते (nirucyante): are designated/are described

• तु (tu): indeed

• हैहयाः (haihayāḥ): the Haihayas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Madhu
• Vrishni
• Vrishnis
• Madhavas
• Yadu
• Yadavas
• Haihayas

FAQs

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

By mapping righteous lineages (vaṃśa) and their names, the Purana frames dharma in society; this supports Shaiva practice by showing how devotees and kings uphold Shiva’s order (pati-ājñā) through disciplined lineage and duty, even when the verse itself is genealogical rather than ritualistic.

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

Implicitly, it reflects Shiva-tattva as the regulating principle behind cosmic and social order: while Pashu (souls) move through families and dynasties under karma (pāśa), the Purana’s structured remembrance points to Pati (Shiva) as the ultimate ground of order and liberation beyond lineage.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pāśupata Yoga limb is stated; the takeaway is smaraṇa (sacred remembrance) and dharmic orientation—knowing one’s place in tradition, which in Shaiva Siddhanta supports disciplined life leading toward Shiva-bhakti and eventual release from pāśa.