Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 52, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
स्वाहा दिशस्तथा दीक्षा रोहिणी च यथाक्रमम् ।
सूर्यादीनां द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! रुद्राद्यैर्नामभिः सह ॥
svāhā diśas tathā dīkṣā rohiṇī ca yathākramam / sūryādīnāṁ dvijaśreṣṭha! rudrādyair nāmabhiḥ saha
And the remaining consorts are Svāhā, the Directions (Diśaḥ), Dīkṣā, and Rohiṇī, respectively in order—together with the names beginning with Rudra, for the set beginning with the Sun, O best of brāhmaṇas.
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FAQs
Purāṇic lists often encode a worldview where ritual speech (svāhā), sacred discipline (dīkṣā), and cosmic order (directions, stars) are integrated into a single sacred ecology.
Sarga: ordering of the cosmos through correspondences; also supports later ritual theology by grounding worship-forms in creation.
The pairing ‘names with stations’ suggests that each divine name is a vibrational key to a cosmic locus; in meditative practice, invoking a name is simultaneously invoking its ‘seat’ in the macrocosm and microcosm.