Shloka 38
यदुवंश-प्रवचनम्: हैहय-क्रोष्टु-वंशविस्तारः (कृतवीर्यार्जुनादि, ज्यामघ-विदर्भ-शात्वत-पर्यन्तम्)
सुतं विदर्भं सुभगा वयःपरिणता सती राजा पुत्रसुतायां तु विद्वांसौ क्रथकैशिकौ
sutaṃ vidarbhaṃ subhagā vayaḥpariṇatā satī rājā putrasutāyāṃ tu vidvāṃsau krathakaiśikau
സൗഭാഗ്യവതിയായ സതി റാണി—വയസ്സിൽ പരിപക്വയായി—രാജാവിന് ‘വിദർഭ’ എന്ന പുത്രനെ പ്രസവിച്ചു. ആ പുത്രന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ ക്രഥയും കൈശികനും എന്ന രണ്ട് പണ്ഡിത രാജകുമാരന്മാർ ഉദിച്ചു।
Suta Goswami
FAQs
This verse anchors the dharmic royal lineage (kṣatriya-vaṃśa) through which Shiva-bhakti, temple endowments, and Linga installation traditions are often transmitted in the Linga Purana’s broader narrative.
Shiva-tattva is not stated directly here; the verse functions as genealogical scaffolding in the Purva-Bhaga, where righteous progeny and learned rulers become fit vessels (pātra) for receiving Pati’s (Shiva’s) teachings that liberate the paśu from pāśa.
No explicit ritual or Pāśupata Yoga limb is described in this line; it supports the narrative setting in which later Shiva-pūjā, dāna, and dharma-based disciplines are typically taught and practiced by such learned royal figures.