Shloka 37

Prākṛta Sṛṣṭi and Pralaya: From Pradhāna to Brahmāṇḍa; Trimūrti Samanvaya

Devanagari script

तस्मिन् कार्यस्य करणं संसिद्धिः परमेष्ठिनः / प्राकृते ऽण्डे विवृत्तः स क्षेत्रज्ञो ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः

Transliteration

tasmin kāryasya karaṇaṃ saṃsiddhiḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / prākṛte 'ṇḍe vivṛttaḥ sa kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ

Translation

ໃນໄຂ່ນັ້ນ ເຄື່ອງມືແຫ່ງການກະທຳສ້າງສັນ ແລະຄວາມສຳເລັດສົມບູນແຫ່ງພຣະປະສົງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າສູງສຸດ ກໍເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ໃນໄຂ່ປຣາກຣິຕະ (prākṛta) ນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຮູ້ແຫ່ງສະໜາມ (kṣetrajña) ປາກົດອອກ ຜູ້ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ ພຣະພຣະຫມາ (Brahmā)។

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (egg)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कार्यस्य: of the effect/work
• कार्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• करणम्: the instrument/means (of creation)
• करणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संसिद्धिः: the complete accomplishment
• संसिद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमेष्ठिनः: of the Supreme Lord/Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā)
• परमेष्ठिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्राकृते: in the primordial (natural)
• प्राकृते: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अण्डे विशेषणम्

• अण्डे: in the egg
• अण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विवृत्तः: appeared, came forth
• विवृत्तः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘manifested/appeared’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रज्ञः: knower of the field
• क्षेत्रज्ञः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—क्षेत्रस्य ज्ञः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः: called ‘Brahmā’
• ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + संज्ञित (सम्+ज्ञा, क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः—ब्रह्म इति संज्ञा यस्य (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) describing the cosmogony to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Parameṣṭhin
• Prakṛti
• Aṇḍa (cosmic egg)
• Kṣetrajña
• Brahmā

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It presents the conscious principle as kṣetrajña (the Knower), which manifests within the primordial cosmos as Brahmā—implying that creation proceeds through a supreme intention (Parameṣṭhin) and a conscious knower that presides over the field (kṣetra) of Prakṛti.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; instead it supplies a Sāṃkhya-Yoga foundation used later in the Kurma Purana: discerning kṣetra (Prakṛti/body-mind) from kṣetrajña (awareness), a key contemplative discrimination that supports Yoga and Pāśupata-style renunciation and insight.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By attributing cosmic accomplishment to the supreme Parameṣṭhin while describing Brahmā as the manifested kṣetrajña, the verse supports the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian frame: one supreme lordly reality governs creation, harmonizing Shaiva-Vaishnava theological language rather than separating it.