Shloka 121
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
अजैकपाद् अहिर्बुध्न्यस् त्वष्टा रुद्रश् च बुद्धिमान् त्वष्टुश् चाप्य् आत्मजः पुत्रो विश्वरूपो महातपाः
ajaikapād ahirbudhnyas tvaṣṭā rudraś ca buddhimān tvaṣṭuś cāpy ātmajaḥ putro viśvarūpo mahātapāḥ
Dalam kalangan mereka ada Ajaikapāda dan Ahirbudhnya; juga Tvaṣṭṛ serta Rudra yang bijaksana. Daripada Tvaṣṭṛ lahir puteranya sendiri—Viśvarūpa, pertapa agung.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
The enumeration maps the divine offices that sustain cosmic order, showing how specific Rudra-forms function as regulated powers within creation rather than independent supreme principles.
He presents them as part of an emanational lineage—deities and their progeny arising in sequence—so the cosmos is understood through structured generation and assigned roles.
Even while naming many divine powers, the Purana’s cosmology frames them as subordinate functions within the one sovereign reality—Viṣṇu—who grounds and coordinates the created order.