Shloka 62
Description of the Origin of the Cosmic Egg (Brahmāṇḍa) and the Ocean as King of Tīrthas
तस्मादंडाद्विराड् जज्ञे सोऽशयिष्ट जलांतरे । मुखादीन्यस्य जातानि विराजोऽवयवा अपि ॥ ६२ ॥
tasmādaṃḍādvirāḍ jajñe so'śayiṣṭa jalāṃtare | mukhādīnyasya jātāni virājo'vayavā api || 62 ||
Therefore, from that cosmic egg Virāṭ was born. He lay within the waters, and from him the very limbs of Virāṭ—beginning with the mouth—came into manifestation.
Suta (narrating the Purāṇic account)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Purāṇic vision of creation: the universe arises as a living, intelligible order (Virāṭ), where cosmic structure and sacred meaning are understood through the symbolism of the cosmic body.
By portraying creation as the manifestation of a divine cosmic person, it supports bhakti-oriented contemplation—seeing the world as rooted in a higher reality and turning the mind toward reverence for that source.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; it mainly conveys Purāṇic cosmology used as a framework for understanding ritual symbolism and sacred anthropology (the body–cosmos correspondence).