Shloka 6
Puṣkara-dvīpa, Lokāloka, and the Measure of the Brahmāṇḍa
Cosmic Egg
तस्मिन् निवसति ब्रह्मा विश्वात्मा विश्वभावनः / तत्रैव मुनिशार्दूलाः शिवनारायणालयः
tasmin nivasati brahmā viśvātmā viśvabhāvanaḥ / tatraiva muniśārdūlāḥ śivanārāyaṇālayaḥ
An eben diesem Ort weilt Brahmā — die Seele des Alls und der Erhalter, der die Welten hervorbringt. Dort auch, o tigerhafte Weisen, ist die Wohnstatt Śivas und Nārāyaṇas.
Narrator/Sūta conveying the Purāṇic description to the assembled sages (contextual speaker attribution for the chapter’s tīrtha-stuti style passage)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By calling Brahmā “Viśvātmā” and “Viśvabhāvanaḥ,” the verse frames the divine principle as cosmic in scope—the indwelling Self of all and the power that manifests and sustains the universe, pointing to an Atman-centered (inner Self) reading of cosmology.
This verse is primarily tīrtha-stuti (praise of a sacred abode) rather than a direct yoga manual; its implied practice is pilgrimage and contemplative dwelling on a unified deity (Śiva–Nārāyaṇa) as a support for ekāgratā (one-pointedness), which aligns with Purāṇic bhakti-yoga and meditative recollection.
It explicitly names the place as “Śiva–Nārāyaṇa-ālaya,” presenting a shared abode and thus a non-dual, harmonizing theology where Śiva and Nārāyaṇa are revered together rather than opposed as sectarian rivals.