Shloka 24

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

बुधेनान्तरमासाद्य मैथुनाय प्रवर्तिता सोमपुत्राद्बुधाच्चापि ऐलो जज्ञे पुरूरवाः

Transliteration

budhenāntaramāsādya maithunāya pravartitā somaputrādbudhāccāpi ailo jajñe purūravāḥ

Translation

సమయోచితంగా బుధుని సమీపించి ఇళా దాంపత్యసంయోగానికి ప్రేరితమైంది. సోమపుత్రుడైన బుధుని నుండే ఇళా పుత్రుడు పురూరవుడు (ఐలుడు) జన్మించాడు. పురాణప్రవాహంలో ఈ వంశవిస్తారం పతి శివుని అధిష్ఠానాధీనమే; జీవులు (పశువు) కామం, విధి అనే పాశబంధాలతో సంసారంలో సంచరిస్తారు.

Word by Word

• बुधेन (budhena): by/with Budha

• अन्तरम् (antaram): an interval, a fitting occasion

• आसाद्य (āsādya): having approached/obtained

• मैथुनाय (maithunāya): for sexual union/conjugal act

• प्रवर्तिता (pravartitā): was impelled/was set in motion

• सोमपुत्रात् (somaputrāt): from the son of Soma

• बुधात् (budhāt): from Budha

• च (ca): and

• अपि (api): also

• ऐलः (ailaḥ): Aila, son of Ilā

• जज्ञे (jajñe): was born

• पुरूरवाः (purūravāḥ): Purūravas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Budha
• Soma
• Ila
• Pururavas

FAQs

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

Though genealogical, it frames worldly kingship and birth as saṁsāric continuity (paśu under pāśa), implicitly pointing to Śiva as Pati—the ultimate refuge beyond lineage—whom Linga worship approaches for release and right order (dharma).

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

Śiva-tattva is not named directly, but the verse sits within creation-and-lineage narration where all progeny and destiny operate under the supreme governance of Pati; Śiva remains the transcendent ground while births arise through karma, kāma, and time.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific pūjā-vidhi or Pāśupata-yoga limb is stated; the takeaway is diagnostic: desire-driven union is a form of pāśa, and Pāśupata discipline aims to loosen such bonds through devotion, restraint, and Śiva-oriented realization.