Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 44
Secondary Creation Begins: Brahmā’s Productions, the Guṇas, and the Emergence of Orders of Beings
सिद्धान् विद्याधरांश्चैव तिरोधानेन सोऽसृजत् । तेभ्योऽददात्तमात्मानमन्तर्धानाख्यमद्भुतम् ॥ ४४ ॥
siddhān vidyādharāṁś caiva tirodhānena so ’sṛjat tebhyo ’dadāt tam ātmānam antardhānākhyam adbhutam
次いで梵天は、視界から姿を隠す力によってシッダとヴィディヤーダラを創り、彼らに「アンタルダーナ」と呼ばれる自らの驚異の姿を授けた。
Antardhāna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.
FAQs
In this verse, antardhāna is described as a wonderful power of disappearance—an ability to become unseen—granted during Brahmā’s creation to the Siddhas and Vidyādharas.
Śukadeva explains that Brahmā manifested the Siddhas and Vidyādharas, and endowed them with the power called antardhāna (invisibility).
The verse highlights that extraordinary powers exist but are secondary; a seeker can focus on humility and devotion, not on display—letting spiritual progress remain ‘unseen’ rather than performed for recognition.