Shloka 27
Primordial Creation: From Brahman to the Cosmic Egg
भूतेभ्योंडं महाप्राज्ञा वृद्धं तदुदकेशयम् । प्राकृतं ब्रह्मरूपस्य विष्णोः स्थानमनुत्तमम्
bhūtebhyoṃḍaṃ mahāprājñā vṛddhaṃ tadudakeśayam | prākṛtaṃ brahmarūpasya viṣṇoḥ sthānamanuttamam
हे महाप्राज्ञा! भूतांपासूनच ब्रह्मांडरूपी अंड उत्पन्न झाले, पूर्ण वाढून जलावर शयनस्थ झाले; तेच प्राकृत जग ब्रह्मरूप विष्णूचे अनुपम धाम आहे।
Uncertain (context not provided for Svargakhaṇḍa 3.2); likely a narrator-sage addressing a listener (e.g., Bhīṣma or another ṛṣi).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: भूतेभ्यः + अण्डम् → भूतेभ्योंडं; तत् + उदकेशयम् → तदुदकेशयम्; स्थानम् + अनुत्तमम् → स्थानमनुत्तमम्
FAQs
It is the Purāṇic image of the universe’s initial formed totality—arising from the elements and depicted as a single ‘egg-like’ whole that develops and becomes the container for subsequent creation.
The Purāṇas often present Viṣṇu as the supreme source who manifests functional forms for cosmic roles; here, Viṣṇu is identified with the creative principle associated with Brahmā, emphasizing a Vaiṣṇava theological framing of creation.
It highlights that the described stage of creation belongs to prakṛti (material nature)—the manifest cosmos—while still being grounded in and pervaded by the supreme divinity (Viṣṇu), linking cosmology with theology.