Śiva (son of Hlada)
Śiva, “the auspicious one”
Śiva has other meanings too: see all meanings of Śiva.
Śiva, son of Hlada, is a daitya of the line of Hiraṇyakaśipu. He shares his name with Bhagavān Śiva, but he is a different being: the Brahma Purāṇa names him only once, among the descendants of Diti and Kaśyapa Prajāpati.
His lineage
Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis of the origin of the devas, dānavas and daityas. From Kaśyapa, Diti bore Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyāksha. Hiraṇyakaśipu had four mighty sons: Hlāda, Anuhlāda, Prahlāda and Saṃhlāda. Hlāda’s son was Hlada, and Hlada had two sons, Śiva and Kāla. So Śiva is the great-grandson of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a grand-nephew of Prahlāda, and the brother of Kāla. In the same line, Prahlāda’s son was Virocana, and Virocana’s son was Bali.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3