Shloka 55
Cosmic Time, Cycles of Creation and Dissolution, and the Varāha Uplift of Earth
ततः क्षितिं समां कृत्वा पृथिव्यामचिनोद्गिरीन् । यथाविभागं भगवाननादिः पुरुषोत्तमः
tataḥ kṣitiṃ samāṃ kṛtvā pṛthivyāmacinodgirīn | yathāvibhāgaṃ bhagavānanādiḥ puruṣottamaḥ
പിന്നീട് ഭൂമിയെ സമമാക്കി, അനാദിയായ ഭഗവാൻ പുരുഷോത്തമൻ യഥാവിഭാഗം പർവതങ്ങളെ ഭൂമിയിൽ ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തി സ്ഥാപിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; specific dialogue speaker not explicit in this verse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पृथिव्यामचिनोद्गिरीन् → पृथिव्याम् + अचिनोत् + गिरीन्; भगवाननादिः → भगवान् + अनादिः
FAQs
It presents mountains as deliberately placed features of the earth, implying an ordered sacred landscape in which later tīrthas, rivers, and regions can be meaningfully situated.
By naming the creator as Bhagavān and Puruṣottama, it frames cosmology as the Lord’s purposeful act—supporting devotional contemplation of the world as His ordered manifestation.
Order and proper allocation (yathā-vibhāga) are portrayed as divine principles, encouraging humans to value harmony, rightful boundaries, and responsible arrangement in society and conduct.