Shloka 30

Primordial Creation: From Brahman to the Cosmic Egg

Devanagari script

साद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राश्च सज्योतिर्लोकसंग्रहः । तस्मिन्नंडेभवत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्

Transliteration

sādridvīpasamudrāśca sajyotirlokasaṃgrahaḥ | tasminnaṃḍebhavatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

Translation

Including its mountains, continents, and oceans—along with the assemblage of luminous worlds—within that cosmic egg all of this came to be: the realms with gods, asuras, and human beings.

Word by Word

• स-अद्रि-द्वीप-समुद्राः: (things) with mountains, islands, and oceans
• स-अद्रि-द्वीप-समुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय-सदृश उपसर्गार्थ 'सहित') + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास ('with mountains, islands, and oceans')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स-ज्योतिः-लोक-संग्रहः: the aggregate of worlds with luminaries
• स-ज्योतिः-लोक-संग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय-सदृश 'सहित') + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष ('collection/aggregate of worlds with luminaries')

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (locative singular)

• अण्डे: in the egg (cosmic egg)
• अण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अभवत्: came into existence
• अभवत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश विशेष्य (neut. nom. sg.)

• स-देव-असुर-मानुषम्: together with gods, demons, and humans
• स-देव-असुर-मानुषम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-सदृश 'सहित') + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (qualifying सर्वम्: 'together with gods, asuras, and humans')

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: स + अद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राः → साद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राः; समुद्राः + च → समुद्राश्च; स + ज्योतिःलोकसंग्रहः → सज्योतिर्लोकसंग्रहः (ज्योतिः + लोक → ज्योतिर्‍लोक); तस्मिन् + अण्डे → तस्मिन्नण्डे; अण्डे + अभवत् → अण्डेभवत्; स + देवासुरमानुषम् → सदेवासुरमानुषम्.

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the structure of the universe in the Padma Purana?

It presents the universe as arising within a cosmic “egg” (aṇḍa), containing the full physical geography (mountains, continents, oceans) and multiple realms or worlds, including luminous planes.

Who are included in “gods, asuras, and humans” here?

The verse summarizes the principal classes of beings inhabiting the created cosmos—devas (celestial deities), asuras (their rival class in Purāṇic narratives), and mānuṣas (human beings).

What is the philosophical emphasis of this shloka?

It emphasizes totality: creation is not partial or local, but an integrated cosmos where realms, geography, and beings arise together within a single ordered whole.