Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 30
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
अरिष्टायास्तु गन्धर्वा: काष्ठाया द्विशफेतरा: । सुता दनोरेकषष्टिस्तेषां प्राधानिकाञ् शृणु ॥ २९ ॥ द्विमूर्धा शम्बरोऽरिष्टो हयग्रीवो विभावसु: । अयोमुख: शङ्कुशिरा: स्वर्भानु: कपिलोऽरुण: ॥ ३० ॥ पुलोमा वृषपर्वा च एकचक्रोऽनुतापन: । धूम्रकेशो विरूपाक्षो विप्रचित्तिश्च दुर्जय: ॥ ३१ ॥
ariṣṭāyās tu gandharvāḥ kāṣṭhāyā dviśaphetarāḥ sutā danor eka-ṣaṣṭis teṣāṁ prādhānikāñ śṛṇu
阿里什塔之胎生出乾闼婆；卡什塔之胎生出马等不分蹄之兽。大王啊，达努之胎生出六十一子；其中这十八位最为重要：双首（Dvimūrdhā）、商婆罗（Śambara）、阿里什塔（Ariṣṭa）、海耶格里瓦（Hayagrīva）、毗婆婆苏（Vibhāvasu）、阿约穆卡（Ayomukha）、商库希拉（Śaṅkuśirā）、斯瓦尔婆奴（Svarbhānu）、迦毗罗（Kapila）、阿鲁那（Aruṇa）、普罗摩（Pulomā）、弗里沙帕尔瓦（Vṛṣaparvā）、独轮（Ekacakra）、阿努塔帕那（Anutāpana）、烟发（Dhūmrakeśa）、异眼（Virūpākṣa）、毗普罗奇提（Vipracitti）与难胜（Durjaya）。
FAQs
In Canto 6, the Bhagavatam includes genealogical lists of Daitya/Dānava figures, naming prominent personalities to map the lineages that repeatedly appear in conflicts with the devas and devotees.
Śukadeva is narrating dynastic and cosmic history; these names situate later events and teachings within a coherent lineage, showing how various beings arise through karma and progeny across creation.
They train the reader to see life as part of a larger moral-cosmic order (karma and dharma), encouraging humility and steadiness while focusing one’s main aim on bhakti rather than temporary identity.