Shloka 22
Expansion of Creation through Dakṣa and Kaśyapa: Devas, Dānavas, Nāgas, Birds, and Cosmic Offices
प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवोष्टौ प्रकीर्तिताः । आपस्य पुत्राश्चत्वारः श्रांतो वैतण्ड एव च
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavoṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ | āpasya putrāścatvāraḥ śrāṃto vaitaṇḍa eva ca
ประติยูษะและประภาสะ ได้ประกาศว่าเป็นหนึ่งในวสุทั้งแปด และบุตรทั้งสี่ของอาปะก็ถูกกล่าวถึงด้วย—รวมทั้งศรานตะและไวตันฑะ
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration; chapter context required for exact dialogue attribution)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: प्रत्यूषश्च (प्रत्यूषः + च), प्रभासश्च (प्रभासः + च), वसवोष्टौ (वसवः + अष्टौ), पुत्राश्चत्वारः (पुत्राः + चत्वारः), वैतण्ड एव (वैतण्डः + एव)
FAQs
The verse specifically names Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa and notes that they belong to the group of the eight Vasus, a well-known class of Vedic-Purāṇic deities.
It functions as a genealogical/cosmological enumeration, listing divine classes (the Vasus) and naming additional figures as sons of Āpa.
Not directly. Its primary purpose is cataloging divine lineages; any devotional or ethical application would come from the broader chapter context rather than this single enumerative śloka.