Shloka 44
तच्छेषं मणिकेभ्यो ऽथ पर्जन्येभ्यः क्षिपेत् ततः द्वारे धातुर् विधातुश् च मध्ये च ब्रह्मणः क्षिपेत्
taccheṣaṃ maṇikebhyo 'tha parjanyebhyaḥ kṣipet tataḥ dvāre dhātur vidhātuś ca madhye ca brahmaṇaḥ kṣipet
Then he should cast what remains—first upon the Maṇikas, and thereafter upon the Parjanyas. Next, at the gate he should place Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ; and in the very center he should place Brahmā.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Ritual placement of offerings/guardians in the household as a mapped microcosm of cosmic stations
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)
Concept: By assigning deities to thresholds and the center, the home is ritually configured as an ordered cosmos, reflecting the principle that spatial order is sacred.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Create ‘sacred order’ in daily life—set ethical boundaries (threshold) and a stable inner center (values)—so actions remain aligned and mindful.
Vishishtadvaita: The mapping of cosmic functions onto domestic space suggests immanence: divine order pervades embodied, worldly loci while remaining sovereign.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Dasya
FAQs
It signals that cosmic order is guarded and regulated by specific divine functions—sustaining (Dhātṛ) and ordaining (Vidhātṛ)—so the universe operates by lawful arrangement rather than randomness.
He describes a precise hierarchy of placements—assigning stations to classes of beings and key deities—showing that creation is administered through ordered roles within a larger sacred architecture.
Even while naming Brahmā and other cosmic offices, the verse implies an overarching, coherent governance of reality—consistent with the Purana’s view that such order ultimately rests on the Supreme (Vishnu) as the ground of cosmic sovereignty.