Brahma's POV:

The baby was divine and bluish in color. Its beauty was similar to Lord Hari. I said, "O Dear one since you arose from frustration, you will be the destroyer of this Universe for the good. You will be known as Rudra by the world. Since you are similar to Lord Narayana, you will be worshiped along with Narayana and included in Tri Deva. You will have 11 names: Manyu, Manu, Mahinasa, Mahan, Siva, Rtadhvaja, Ugrareta, Bhava, Kala, Vamadeva, and Dhrtavrata. You will be the master of all living entities.

I advised him to do penance on Lord Vishnu. He nodded and took my blessings and left for the penance.

Then I begot 10 sons: Marici, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhrigu, Vasishta, Daksha, and Narada to increase the population. All of them were born from the parts of my body. Ocean was created then. Sage Kardama arose from the shadow of mine. I created the Earth.

The 4 Vedas came from the 4 mouths of mine. They were: Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva. Righteous duties and Karma arose from these Vedas. Science, military, and Art were created from these.

Education, charity, penance, and truth are said to be the four legs of religion. The Omkara arose from the heart of mine. Gayatri came from my mouth. But unfortunately, there was not much increase in the population despite the presence of the sages.

As I was immersed in the devotion of the Lord, Two forms arose. The male one was named Manu and the female one was named Satarupa. They both united in sexual relationships.

Manu begot in Satarupa five children - two sons, Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and three daughters, Akuti, Devahuti, and Prasuti.

Akuti married sage Ruci, Devahuti married the sage Kardama, and the youngest, Prasuti married Daksha. From them, the population started expanding.

Author's POV:

Lord Siva started realizing his divinity and greatness by his deep penance. Meanwhile, the Adi Para Shakti decided to take birth to associate with him. Adi Para Shakti of the Universe decided to divide into 3 and become the eternal consorts of the Tridevas.

Daksha gave birth to 23 daughters. Soon the day came. Prasuti was pregnant for the 24th time. She was suffering from the pain of labor. After a few minutes, the crying sound of the baby was heard. Auspicious signs started flourishing in the creation. The baby was a divine female. Daksha named her Sati.

Sage Ruci and his wife Akuti begot 2 children who were a manifestation of Lord Vishnu and his Shakti-Lakshmi. The boy child was named Yagna and brought up by Manu and the female was brought up by Ruci.

Yagna married Daksina, daughter of Daksha. Daksina always desired to marry the Lord Vishnu himself. They begot 12 children.

Sage Kardama and Devahuti begot 9 daughters. Kardama Muni's daughter Kala, who was married to Marichi, gave birth to two children, whose names were Kashyapa and Purnima.

Sage Kashyapa married 13 daughters of Daksha. Through Aditi, he begot Surya and Indra deva.
Sage Angira became the father of Brihaspati. Sage Pulastya begot Agastya and Vishrava. Sage Vashishta also begot many sages headed by Chitraketu.

Sage Brighu also begot many sages. Adi Parasakti decided to take the 2nd form- Sri. She decided to take birth under Brighu and his wife. Brighu begot Sukracharya who became the Guru of demons in the future.

Adi Sakti's third form was Saraswati who actually arose from Lord Brahma. She became the eternal consort of him.

Thus the world became filled with an ever-increasing population. This became the start of many divine leelas in the world by God.

The ones who read this family tree get relieved from their sins and are really blessed. The explanation is very very short. You can learn from Cant 3 last 2 chapters to Canto 4 chapter 1

TO BE CONTINUED...

DISCLAIMER: Srimad Bhagawatam mentions that Lord Shiva came from Brahma. I am not trying to insult him as I know Hari and Hara are the same. I am just adhering to the texts though I add very few fictional words and stories to make the Episodes nice and understandable.

(Published on 2nd July 2020)

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