ईश्वर उवाच । दक्षो ब्रह्मसुतो देवि प्रजापतिरिति स्मृतः । तस्य कन्याः पुरा षष्टिर्ददौ धर्माय वै दश
īśvara uvāca | dakṣo brahmasuto devi prajāpatiriti smṛtaḥ | tasya kanyāḥ purā ṣaṣṭirdadau dharmāya vai daśa
ଈଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦେବୀ, ଦକ୍ଷ ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଏବଂ ‘ପ୍ରଜାପତି’ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ। ପୁରାକାଳରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଷଷ୍ଟି କନ୍ୟା ଥିଲେ; ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ ଦଶଜଣଙ୍କୁ ସେ ଧର୍ମଙ୍କୁ ଦେଇଥିଲେ।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara (contextual; legend introduction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins recounting: Dakṣa, son of Brahmā, Prajāpati; a visual genealogical tableau shows Brahmā, Dakṣa, and the sixty daughters, with ten being given to Dharma—symbolic of cosmic order.
The tīrtha’s greatness is framed through dhārmic lineage: cosmic order (Dharma) and progenitors (Prajāpatis) sustain sacred history.
Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the genealogy sets up the story of Pratyūṣa connected to the Pratyūṣeśvara-liṅga.
None; this verse provides genealogical background (vaṃśa-kathā).