Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
तया चोज्जृंभितो बिंदुर्दिक्क्रियात्मा शिवाभिधः । अशेषतत्त्वजातस्य कारणं विभुरव्ययम् ॥ २८ ॥
tayā cojjṛṃbhito biṃdurdikkriyātmā śivābhidhaḥ | aśeṣatattvajātasya kāraṇaṃ vibhuravyayam || 28 ||
Oleh Dia, Bindu mengembang—disebut Śiva, yang hakikatnya adalah daya tindakan yang mengarah ke segala penjuru. Dialah sebab yang meliputi segalanya, tak binasa, bagi seluruh himpunan tattva.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It frames creation as a sacred unfolding: Śakti causes the primordial Bindu to expand as Śiva, who stands as the imperishable, all-pervading causal ground of all tattvas—pointing the seeker to the unchanging source behind changing phenomena.
By identifying the supreme causal reality as Śiva (manifest through Śakti), the verse supports devotion directed to the divine source of all principles; bhakti becomes a means to align with the imperishable cause rather than being entangled in effects.
It reflects a technical, śāstric mode of analysis—classifying reality via tattvas (a systematic ontology). This kind of precise categorization supports Vedanga-style learning by training clarity in definitions and causal reasoning used across ritual and philosophical disciplines.