Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सद्भूतोत्पादकं नाम तत्‌ स्थान वेदसंज्ञितम्‌ । विद्यासहायो यत्रास्ते भगवान्‌ हव्यकव्यभुक्‌,जहाँ भगवान्‌ श्रीहरि हव्य और कव्यका भोग ग्रहण करते हुए विद्याशक्तिके साथ विराजमान हैं, वह वेदसंज्ञक स्थान सद्भूतोत्पादक कहलाता है

Transliteration

sadbhūtotpādakaṃ nāma tat sthāna-veda-saṃjñitam | vidyāsahāyo yatrāste bhagavān havyakavyabhuk ||

Translation

Dijo Nārada: «Aquel lugar, conocido con el nombre de “Veda”, es llamado “Sadbhūtotpādaka”, el generador del ser verdadero y auspicioso; pues allí mora el Bienaventurado Señor junto con el poder del conocimiento, recibiendo las ofrendas sagradas a los dioses (havis) y a los antepasados (kavya)».

Word by Word

सद्भूतोत्पादकम्producer of true beings / generator of good entities

नामname

तत्that

स्थानम्place, abode

वेदसंज्ञितम्called/known as 'Veda'

विद्यासहायःhaving knowledge as helper; accompanied by Vidyā

यत्रwhere

आस्तेsits, abides

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

हव्यकव्यभुक्eater/receiver of havya and kavya offerings

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Bhagavān (Śrī Hari/Vishnu implied by context)

Vidyā (as śakti/companion)

Veda (as a named place/abode)

Sadbhūtotpādaka (name of the place)

Havya (deva-offering)

Kavya (pitṛ-offering)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links sacred space, knowledge (vidyā), and righteous ritual: where the Lord abides with Vidyā and accepts both deva-offerings (havya) and ancestral offerings (kavya), that locus becomes ‘Sadbhūtotpādaka’—a source that generates and sustains true, auspicious being. It emphasizes that dharmic rites and knowledge are fulfilled when oriented toward the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a particular sacred ‘place/abode’ identified as ‘Veda’ and also called ‘Sadbhūtotpādaka’. He characterizes it by the Lord’s presence there, accompanied by Vidyā, and by the Lord’s reception of ritual offerings meant for gods and ancestors—marking the place as a spiritually generative center.