Shloka 52
Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas
Manvantara Genealogy
एते कश्यपदायादाः कीर्तितास्ते मुनीश्वर । येषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
ete kaśyapadāyādāḥ kīrtitāste munīśvara | yeṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
اے سردارِ مُنیان! کاشیپ کی یہ اولادیں تم سے باقاعدہ بیان کر دی گئیں—جن کے بیٹے اور پوتے سینکڑوں بلکہ ہزاروں کی تعداد میں ہیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: genealogical summation within manvantara creation narrative
FAQs
By emphasizing vast lineages, the verse highlights the Purāṇic vision of an ordered cosmos where beings arise through dharma-governed creation, ultimately pointing the listener back to Pati (Śiva) as the supreme ground beyond all genealogies.
The verse functions as narrative scaffolding: after situating beings within Kaśyapa’s progeny, the Purāṇa typically leads the seeker from worldly multiplicity toward devotion to Saguna Śiva (often through Liṅga-worship) as the unifying Lord who grants liberation.
No direct rite is prescribed in this line; the practical takeaway is śravaṇa (reverent listening) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva while hearing Purāṇic accounts, supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—for inner steadiness amid worldly multiplicity.