Shloka 33
Primordial Creation: From Brahman to the Cosmic Egg
सृष्टं च पात्यनुयुगं यावत्कल्पविकल्पना । नारसिंहादिरूपेण रुद्ररुपेण संहरेत्
sṛṣṭaṃ ca pātyanuyugaṃ yāvatkalpavikalpanā | nārasiṃhādirūpeṇa rudrarupeṇa saṃharet
সৃষ্টি কৰি তেওঁ যুগে যুগে পালন কৰে, যেতিয়ালৈকে কল্প-চক্ৰ চলি থাকে; অন্তত নৰসিংহ আদি ৰূপে আৰু ৰুদ্ৰৰূপে প্ৰকাশ পাই সেয়া সংহাৰ কৰে।
Unspecified (narratorial voice within Svargakhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पात्यनुयुगम् = पाति + अनुयुगम् (इकार-लोप/यणादेश-सन्धिः)। यावत्कल्पविकल्पना = यावत् + कल्पविकल्पना (त् + क् सन्धिः)। नारसिंहादिरूपेण = नारसिंह + आदि + रूपेण। रुद्ररुपेण = रुद्र + रूपेण।
FAQs
It summarizes the cosmic triad: creation (sṛṣṭi), ongoing preservation across yugas (sthiti), and final withdrawal/dissolution (saṃhāra) across kalpa cycles.
The verse presents dissolution as occurring through multiple divine manifestations—Narasiṃha as a well-known avatāra-form and Rudra as the archetypal dissolver—highlighting complementary Vaishnava and Shaiva theological imagery.
It frames the universe as cyclical and governed by divine order, encouraging detachment from impermanent worldly states and steadiness in devotion aligned with the sustaining and dissolving power of the Divine.