Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 12
Chapter 19 — कश्यपवंशवर्णनम्
Description of Kaśyapa’s Lineage
स्वर्भानोस्तु प्रभा कन्या पुलोम्नस्तु शची स्मृता उपदानवी हयशिरा शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā pulomnastu śacī smṛtā upadānavī hayaśirā śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
Prabhā dikatakan sebagai puteri Svarbhānu; Śacī diingati sebagai (puteri) Puloman; dan turut disebut nama-nama Upadānavī, Hayaśirā, Śarmiṣṭhā, serta Vārṣaparvaṇī.
Lord Agni (narrating puranic lists to Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Samanya","secondary_vidya":"Cosmology","practical_application":"Puranic onomastics and lineage-recall for ritual storytelling, vrata-kathā narration, and identification of mythic figures across texts.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Svarbhānu–Puloman Line: Prabhā, Śacī and allied names","lookup_keywords":["Svarbhānu","Prabhā","Puloman","Śacī","Śarmiṣṭhā"],"quick_summary":"Gives a compact list of named women associated with Asura/Daitya lineages, useful as a lookup for genealogical mapping and cross-text identification (e.g., Śacī as Indra’s consort in later narrative contexts)."}
Khanda Section: Genealogies and Lists (Daitya-Danava–Apsaras/Asura lineages; Puranic onomastics)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A genealogical tableau: sages reciting names while celestial and asuric women (Prabhā, Śacī, Śarmiṣṭhā, etc.) are shown as labeled figures in a lineage scroll.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, warm earthy palette, a seated rishi with palm-leaf manuscript, behind him a stylized lineage tree with female figures labeled Prabhā and Śacī, flat decorative clouds, traditional ornaments.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central rishi narrator with gold-leaf halo, side panels showing Prabhā and Śacī in jeweled attire, embossed gold borders, inscription-like name tags.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, clean linework, manuscript-reading scene with a genealogical chart, delicate shading, minimal background, emphasis on clarity of named figures.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, courtly manuscript illustration: a scholar recites from a codex while attendants point to a painted genealogy scroll with small portraits of Prabhā, Śacī, Śarmiṣṭhā; fine floral margins."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वर्भानोस्तु = स्वर्भानोः + तु; पुलोम्नस्तु = पुलोम्नः + तु
Related Themes: Agni Purana 19 (vaṃśa/onomastics lists)
FAQs
No ritual procedure is taught here; the verse preserves puranic onomastic knowledge—names and familial affiliations used for genealogy, narration, and identification in wider mythic accounts.
By cataloguing proper names and relationships, it functions like a reference index for puranic lore, enabling cross-linking of characters across myths—one of the Agni Purana’s hallmark encyclopedic features.
Such lineage-recitation supports smṛti (remembered tradition) and śravaṇa (hearing) of puranic history; it is traditionally regarded as meritorious because it preserves sacred narrative continuity and dharmic memory.