Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 1402

Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, Puṣkara-Creation Imagery, Madhu–Kaiṭabha, and Early Genealogies

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्हिरण्मये पद्मे बहुयोजनविस्तृते । सर्वतेजोगुणमये पार्थिवैर्लक्षणैर्वृते

Transliteration

tasminhiraṇmaye padme bahuyojanavistṛte | sarvatejoguṇamaye pārthivairlakṣaṇairvṛte

Translation

ໃນດອກບົວຄຳນັ້ນ ອັນແຜ່ກວ້າງຫຼາຍໂຍຊະນາ ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄຸນແຫ່ງລັດສະຫມີທັງປວງ ແລະຖືກຫໍ້ຫຸ້ມດ້ວຍລັກສະນະແຫ່ງປະຖະວີ (ສິ່ງນັ້ນ) ດຳລົງຢູ່।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हिरण्मये: golden
• हिरण्मये: Adhikarana (Qualifier of location/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पद्मे: in the lotus
• पद्मे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• बहुयोजनविस्तृते: expanded over many yojanas
• बहुयोजनविस्तृते: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तृत (कृदन्त; √स्तृ/विस्तृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहु-योजन-विस्तृत = spread over many yojanas)

• सर्वतेजोगुणमये: consisting of all splendour and qualities
• सर्वतेजोगुणमये: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्व-तेजो-गुण-मय = consisting of all brilliance and qualities)

• पार्थिवैः: with earthly
• पार्थिवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लक्षणैः: marks, characteristics
• लक्षणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वृते: enclosed, surrounded
• वृते: Adhikarana (Predicate qualifier in locative context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (कृदन्त; √वृ ‘to cover/enclose’)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘वृत’ = encompassed/covered

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; specific interlocutors not identifiable from the single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मिन्हिरण्मये → तस्मिन् हिरण्मये; बहुयोजनविस्तृते → बहु-योजन-विस्तृते (समास); सर्वतेजोगुणमये → सर्व-तेजो-गुण-मये (समास); पार्थिवैर्लक्षणैर्वृते → पार्थिवैः लक्षणैः वृते (विसर्ग-सन्धि)

FAQs

What is the “golden lotus” describing in this verse?

It describes a vast, radiant lotus—an archetypal cosmological image used in creation narratives to indicate the emergence of an ordered world-space from a luminous source.

Why does the verse mention “earthly characteristics” (pārthiva-lakṣaṇas)?

It suggests that although the lotus is brilliant and cosmic in scale, it also bears tangible, element-based features—linking the transcendent creation-image with the material world (pṛthvī-tattva).

What philosophical idea is implied by “filled with all radiance” (sarva-tejo-guṇamaya)?

It implies that the creative principle is inherently luminous—order, intelligibility, and manifestation are portrayed as arising from tejas (radiant potency) rather than from inert matter alone.