Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

एते रुद्राः समाख्याता एकादश गणेश्वराः कश्यपस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पत्नीभ्यः पुत्रपौत्रकम्

Transliteration

ete rudrāḥ samākhyātā ekādaśa gaṇeśvarāḥ kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi patnībhyaḥ putrapautrakam

Translation

ఇలా రుద్రులు—గణములకు ఏకాదశ గణేశ్వరులు—అని ప్రకటించబడినారు. ఇక కశ్యపుని వంశాన్ని, అతని భార్యల ద్వారా పుట్టిన కుమారులు మరియు మనవల వివరాన్ని నేను చెప్పుదును.

Word by Word

• एते: these

• रुद्राः: Rudras

• समाख्याता: have been narrated/declared

• एकादश: eleven

• गणेश्वराः: lords of the gaṇas (attendant hosts)

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain

• पत्नीभ्यः: from (his) wives

• पुत्रपौत्रकम्: sons and grandsons (progeny-line).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Kashyapa

FAQs

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

It situates Linga-centered Shaiva cosmology within creation-order: the Rudras (Shiva’s manifest powers) are established as gaṇa-lords, after which the Purana maps the created lineages—showing how devotion to Pati (Shiva) stands above the proliferating worlds of progeny.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied through the Rudras as organizing divine agencies: the one Pati is reflected as multiple Rudra-powers presiding over gaṇas, indicating Shiva’s governance of cosmic functions while remaining the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pashupata-yoga limb is prescribed in this line; it functions as a narrative transition from Rudra enumeration to genealogy, supporting the Purana’s broader Srishti framework that later grounds Shaiva worship and discipline.