Shloka 45

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वासिष्ठो विरजास् तथा अत्रिर् देवसदश्चैव श्रवणो ऽथ श्रविष्ठकः कुणिश् च कुणिबाहुश् च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः

Transliteration

sudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vāsiṣṭho virajās tathā atrir devasadaścaiva śravaṇo 'tha śraviṣṭhakaḥ kuṇiś ca kuṇibāhuś ca kuśarīraḥ kunetrakaḥ

Translation

سوت نے کہا—سدھاما، کاشیپ، واسِشٹھ اور وِرَجا؛ نیز اَتری اور دیوسَد؛ پھر شروَن اور شروِشٹھک؛ کُنی اور کُنی باہو؛ کُشریر اور کُنیترک—یہ نام سِرشٹی کے پرواہ میں گنے گئے۔ پتی پرمیشور کے ادھین انہی پرجا-دھاراؤں سے جیوا دےہ دھارتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सुधामा: Sudhāmā (a named progenitor/sage)

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa

• च एव: and also

• वासिष्ठः: Vāsiṣṭha (of the Vasiṣṭha-line)

• विरजाः: Virajā

• तथा: likewise

• अत्रिः: Atri

• देवसदः: Devasada

• च एव: and also

• श्रवणः: Śravaṇa

• अथ: then

• श्रविष्ठकः: Śraviṣṭhaka

• कुणिः: Kuṇi

• च: and

• कुणिबाहुः: Kuṇibāhu

• च: and

• कुशरीरः: Kuśarīra

• कुनेत्रकः: Kunetraka

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kashyapa
• Atri
• Vasistha

FAQs

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

This verse supports Linga-worship indirectly by grounding the cosmic and social order (sarga) in which Shiva-puja is transmitted—through rishis and progenitor lineages that preserve mantra, ritual, and dharma.

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

By listing progenitors within the creation narrative, it implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the sovereign regulator behind sarga—while the paśu (individual beings) move through embodied lineages under the law of karma (a form of pāśa/bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pāśupata Yoga technique is stated; the emphasis is on lineage and transmission—the prerequisite framework through which Pāśupata discipline and Shaiva rites later become established.