Shloka 42

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रादिवंशाश् च बहवः स्मृताः एवं प्रजासु सृष्टासु कश्यपेन महात्मना

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ putrapautrādivaṃśāś ca bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ evaṃ prajāsu sṛṣṭāsu kaśyapena mahātmanā

Translation

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रादिवंशा बहवः स्मृताः; एवं कश्यपेन महात्मना प्रजासु सृष्टासु सृष्टिधारा प्रववृते।

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these

• पुत्र: sons

• पौत्र: grandsons

• आदि: and so on

• वंशाः: lineages/dynasties

• च: and

• बहवः: many

• स्मृताः: are remembered/recorded in tradition

• एवम्: thus

• प्रजासु: in/among the progeny/creatures

• सृष्टासु: when created/having been created

• कश्यपेन: by Kaśyapa

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Kashyapa

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames creation as an ordered, remembered lineage-process, supporting the Shaiva view that all manifest beings (pashu) arise within a divinely governed cosmos under Pati (Shiva), whom Linga worship recognizes as the transcendent ground of all origination.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Shiva is not named here, the verse reflects Shiva-tattva indirectly: the continuity and intelligibility of creation (srishti-krama) implies a supreme regulator beyond genealogies—Pati—by whose will the manifest order proceeds through instruments like Kashyapa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative: Pashupata-oriented reflection on srishti as a dependent order helps loosen pasha (bondage) by recognizing all lineages and identities as transient manifestations supported by Pati.