Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 52, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
मनस्विन्यामहं तस्मात् पुत्रो वेदशिरा मम ।
धूम्रवत्यां समभवत् प्राणस्यापि निबोध मे ॥
manasvinyām ahaṃ tasmāt putro vedaśirā mama | dhūmravatyāṃ samabhavat prāṇasyāpi nibodha me ||
Mula kay Manasvinī, nagkaroon ako ng isang anak na lalaki na ang pangalan ay Vedaśiras. At mula kay Dhūmravatī ay isinilang din ang isang anak ni Prāṇa—unawain mo ito mula sa akin.
FAQs
The naming conventions (e.g., Vedaśiras) emphasize that Vedic learning and identity are central virtues within ṛṣi lineages—knowledge is treated as an inherited and cultivated sacred trust.
Vaṁśa: continued enumeration of descendants and their maternal lines.
‘Vedaśiras’ symbolically suggests the ‘head/crest’ of revelation—an image of the lineage as a living embodiment of śruti-smṛti continuity.