Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29
मनु-शतरूपा-प्रसूतिः तथा दक्षकन्याविवाहाः
Manu–Śatarūpā, Prasūti, and the Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters
षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि वालखिल्या इति स्मृताः । अनूरोरग्रतो यांति परिवार्य दिवाकरम् । अत्रेर्भार्यानुसूया च पञ्चात्रेयानसूयत । कन्यकां च श्रुतिं नाम माता शंखपदस्य च
ṣaṣṭistāni sahasrāṇi vālakhilyā iti smṛtāḥ | anūroragrato yāṃti parivārya divākaram | atrerbhāryānusūyā ca pañcātreyānasūyata | kanyakāṃ ca śrutiṃ nāma mātā śaṃkhapadasya ca
അവർ അറുപതിനായിരം എണ്ണമുള്ള ‘വാലഖില്യർ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; സൂര്യദേവനെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി, അവന്റെ ഊരുവിന്റെ അഗ്രഭാഗത്ത് മുൻപായി സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു. അത്രിയുടെ ഭാര്യ അനസൂയ അഞ്ചു ആത്രേയ പുത്രന്മാരെ പ്രസവിച്ചു; കൂടാതെ ‘ശ്രുതി’ എന്നൊരു കന്യയെയും പ്രസവിച്ചു, അവൾ ശംഖപദന്റെ മാതാവായി.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: nurturing
Cosmic Event: Sūrya’s daily course attended by Vālakhilyas (cosmic procession motif)
FAQs
It portrays the ordered cosmos—sages, deities, and lineages moving in harmony—reflecting how all beings function within divine law (ṛta) under the supreme governance of Pati (Śiva), even when the verse narrates solar attendants and rishi genealogy.
By emphasizing cosmic hierarchy and sacred lineages, it supports the Shaiva view that Saguna manifestations (like the Sun’s divine retinue) operate within Śiva’s overarching reality; Linga-worship aligns the devotee with that cosmic order and leads the bound soul (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati).
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; the takeaway is contemplative—meditate on the disciplined, circumambulatory movement (parivāra) around the divine, mirroring devotional practice such as pradakṣiṇā around the Śiva-liṅga with the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).