Shloka 115
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस् तु शरस्तम्बे व्यजायत तस्य शाखो विशाखश् च नैगमेयश् च पृष्ठजाः
agniputraḥ kumāras tu śarastambe vyajāyata tasya śākho viśākhaś ca naigameyaś ca pṛṣṭhajāḥ
അഗ്നിപുത്രനായ കുമാരൻ ശരക്കമ്പുകളുടെ കൂട്ടത്തിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. അവന്റെ പിറകിൽ നിന്ന് ശാഖ, വിശാഖ, നൈഗമേയൻ എന്നീ പുത്രന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It identifies Kumāra (Skanda) through a distinctive Purāṇic birth motif—his manifestation associated with Agni and the śara thicket—marking him as a divinely originated commander-deity whose story is preserved within genealogical narration.
Parāśara presents names and modes of birth as authoritative markers within the dynastic record, using concise genealogical verses to situate divine and semi-divine figures within the larger framework of cosmic and royal lineages.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames such divine genealogies within Vishnu’s sovereign order—lineage, birth, and role unfold as parts of the regulated cosmos upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.