तत्याज स कथं देवः प्रभासे स्वं कलेवरम् । नाभ्यरण्यां समुद्भूतं यस्य पैतामहं गृहम्
tatyāja sa kathaṃ devaḥ prabhāse svaṃ kalevaram | nābhyaraṇyāṃ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham
Wie könnte jener Gott in Prabhāsa seinen eigenen Leib ablegen—er, dessen „Wohnstatt des Großvaters“ (Brahmā) aus dem Lotoshain des Nabels hervorging?
Unspecified (same inquiry voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: A double-vision tableau: above, Viṣṇu’s navel-lotus blooming with Brahmā seated; below, the Prabhāsa seashore at dusk with a solemn, luminous atmosphere suggesting the Lord’s ‘casting off’ as a transcendental event rather than death.
The Lord is the cosmic source of Brahmā; therefore any ‘abandoning of the body’ is a sacred mystery used to exalt Prabhāsa.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; the verse is theological-poetic.