Shloka 5
प्रजापतिस्तत् ससृजे तपसो<न्ते महातपा: । शड्करस्त्वसृजत् तात प्रजा: स्थावरजड़मा:,तात! महातपस्वी प्रजापतिने तपस्याके अन्तमें उस शतरुद्रियकी रचना की और शंकरजीने समस्त चराचर प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि की
prajāpatis tat sasṛje tapaso 'nte mahātapāḥ | śaṅkaras tv asṛjat tāta prajāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ ||
Vāyu sprach: „Am Ende seiner Askese brachte der große Asket Prajāpati jene (heilige Formulierung) hervor. Und dann erschuf Śaṅkara, mein Lieber, die Geschöpfe der Welt—die unbeweglichen wie die beweglichen.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation and order are presented as emerging from tapas (disciplined spiritual effort) and divine governance: Prajāpati’s austerity culminates in bringing forth a sacred principle, and Śaṅkara’s agency extends that into the full spectrum of life—immovable and movable—implying that spiritual power should serve the continuity and welfare of all beings.
Vāyu narrates a cosmogonic sequence: Prajāpati, after completing austerities, creates “that” (a previously referenced sacred formulation/rite), and Śaṅkara then creates the totality of creatures, classified as sthāvara (immobile) and jaṅgama (mobile).