Shloka 28
सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Cosmogony and the Roles of the Trimūrti
इत्येवमादिसर्गस्ते वर्णितो मुनिसत्तम । आदिसर्गं विदित्वैवं यथेष्टां प्राप्नुयाद्गतिम्
ityevamādisargaste varṇito munisattama | ādisargaṃ viditvaivaṃ yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyādgatim
Thus, O best of sages, the account of Ādisarga—the primordial creation—has been declared to you. Knowing Ādisarga in this way, one attains the destined course, indeed the very state one seeks, by the grace of right understanding.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
FAQs
It concludes the Ādisarga narration by teaching that understanding Shiva’s cosmic order is not mere mythology—it refines one’s worldview and supports the soul’s progress toward its chosen gati, including liberation (moksha).
By grounding devotion in right understanding: Saguna Shiva (as Lord and cause of cosmic functions) is approached with clearer faith when creation is understood as ordered under Pati (Shiva), rather than as random or independent of divine lordship.
Śravaṇa and manana—listening to and contemplating the Purana’s teaching—are implied as a practice; this can be paired with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to internalize the truth of Shiva as Pati and attain one’s spiritual aim.