Shloka 12

Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)

Sanskrit

स एव क्षोभकः पूर्वं स क्षोभ्यः प्रकृतेः पतिः ।

स सङ्कोचविकाशाभ्यां प्रधानत्वेऽपि च स्थितः ॥

Transliteration

sa eva kṣobhakaḥ pūrvaṃ sa kṣobhyaḥ prakṛteḥ patiḥ | sa saṅkocavikāśābhyāṃ pradhānatve 'pi ca sthitaḥ ||

Translation

Er allein ist zuerst der Anstoßgebende (der alles in Bewegung setzt) und zugleich der, der angestoßen wird — der Herr der Prakṛti. Obgleich er als Pradhāna (Urnatur) verweilt, bleibt er durch Zusammenziehung und Ausdehnung hindurch bestehen.

Speakers

• Not specified in input (chapter appears as doctrinal exposition within the Purāṇa’s dialogue framework).

Primary Deities

• Paramātman / Īśvara (as lord of Prakṛti)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sāṅkhya terminology
• Prakṛti–Puruṣa relation
• Expansion and dissolution