Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 25
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
पुन: प्रसाद्य तं सोम: कला लेभे क्षये दिता: । शृणु नामानि लोकानां मातृणां शङ्कराणि च ॥ २४ ॥ अथ कश्यपपत्नीनां यत्प्रसूतमिदं जगत् । अदितिर्दितिर्दनु: काष्ठा अरिष्टा सुरसा इला ॥ २५ ॥ मुनि: क्रोधवशा ताम्रा सुरभि: सरमा तिमि: । तिमेर्यादोगणा आसन् श्वापदा: सरमासुता: ॥ २६ ॥
punaḥ prasādya taṁ somaḥ kalā lebhe kṣaye ditāḥ śṛṇu nāmāni lokānāṁ mātṝṇāṁ śaṅkarāṇi ca
随后，苏摩（月神）以恭敬之辞安抚生主达克沙，复得因病而失去的光分。月在黑半月光辉渐减，在白半月又复显现；然而他仍不能得子。帕利克希特王啊，请听迦叶波诸妻的吉祥名号——宇宙众生多由其胎而出：阿底提、底提、达努、卡什塔、阿里什塔、苏拉萨、伊拉、牟尼、克罗陀婆沙、塔姆拉、苏拉毗、萨拉玛与提弥。提弥生诸水族；萨拉玛生狮虎等凶猛走兽。
FAQs
The verse lists Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, and Ilā as wives of Kaśyapa connected with populating the world.
He is presenting the cosmic genealogy—how various classes of beings arise—within the broader narration of Dakṣa’s daughters and the expansion of creation.
It encourages seeing life within a sacred, ordered cosmos—cultivating humility and dharmic responsibility rather than a random view of existence.