Shloka 160
Narasiṃha’s Greatness and the Slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu
Boon, Portents, and Cosmic Restoration
उदयश्च महाशैल उच्छ्रितः शतयोजनम् । सवर्णवेदिकः श्रीमान्मेघपंक्तिनिषेवितः
udayaśca mahāśaila ucchritaḥ śatayojanam | savarṇavedikaḥ śrīmānmeghapaṃktiniṣevitaḥ
ഉദയം എന്ന മഹാശൈലം ഉണ്ട്; അത് ശതയോജന ഉയരത്തിൽ ഉന്നതമാകുന്നു. സമവർണ്ണ വേദികകളാൽ ശോഭിതം, ശ്രീമത്തായതും, മേഘപംക്തികളാൽ നിത്യസേവിതവുമാണ്.
Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (likely within the standard Pulastya–Bhīṣma narration frame for Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa descriptions).
Concept: Contemplation of the dawn-mountain and its ordered beauty steadies the mind and turns it toward the divine source of light.
Application: Begin the day with a ‘Udaya’ practice: sunrise remembrance, brief japa, and gratitude—turning daily rhythms into devotion.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mountain
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The Udaya mountain towers a hundred yojanas, its broad terraces like a stepped altar, while long rows of clouds drift around it like garlands offered to the sky. The scene feels like the world’s own morning pūjā: the horizon brightens, and the mountain’s surfaces glow in harmonious tones.","primary_figures":["personified Dawn (Uṣas)","Sūrya (subtle presence)","meditating sages on terraces"],"setting":"eastern horizon mountain with layered terraces, cloud bands, and distant sun-glow","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["pale gold","rose pink","sky cyan","warm sandstone","cloud white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: monumental Udaya mountain with stepped terraces like a vedikā, cloud rows as garlands, sages in small niches performing sandhyā; gold leaf on terrace edges and dawn halo, rich vermilion and emerald accents, ornate border and traditional iconography.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: serene dawn over a terraced mountain, soft pink-gold sky, delicate cloud bands, tiny sages seated in meditation; cool cyan shadows, refined facial features, lyrical naturalism and airy perspective.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized terraced mountain with bold outlines, rhythmic cloud bands, Uṣas as a graceful figure with lotus and lamp; strong red/yellow/green palette with temple-wall symmetry and decorative motifs.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central terraced mountain at sunrise framed by lotus borders, peacocks and cows at foothills, cloud garlands rendered as floral bands; deep blue-to-gold gradient sky, intricate floral borders with gold highlights."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["morning birds","soft conch shell","gentle wind","temple bell (single strikes)","silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: उदयः + च → उदयश्च; श्रीमान् + मेघ… → श्रीमान्मेघ… (नकारादेश/अनुस्वार-सन्धि)।
FAQs
It gives a cosmographic description of the great mountain named Udaya—its immense height (a hundred yojanas), its splendid terraces, and its association with bands of clouds.
A yojana is a traditional unit of distance used in Sanskrit texts; in Purāṇic cosmography it often functions as a grand scale-marker rather than a precise modern measurement.
Not directly; this verse is primarily descriptive (cosmography). Its broader function is to situate sacred narrative and theology within an ordered, awe-inspiring cosmic geography.