Shloka 62
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच ब्राह्मणा लोकसारेण सृष्टा धात्रा गुणार्थिना । लोकांस्तारयितुं कृत्स्नान् मर्त्येषु क्षितिदेवता:
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | brāhmaṇā lokasāreṇa sṛṣṭā dhātrā guṇārthinā | lokāṁstārayituṁ kṛtsnān martyeṣu kṣitidevatāḥ ||
Śrī Maheśvara bersabda: “Wahai Devī, Sang Pencipta (Dhātṛ), dengan hasrat agar permainan dan buah guṇa-guṇa terserlah, telah melahirkan kaum Brāhmaṇa di dunia fana daripada inti sari kosmos, supaya segala alam dapat dipimpin menyeberang (menuju kebajikan dan pembebasan). Dalam kalangan manusia mereka disebut ‘dewa-dewa bumi’; maka aku akan terlebih dahulu menghuraikan dharma dan upacara mereka serta buah hasilnya, kerana dharma yang terdapat pada Brāhmaṇa dipandang sebagai dharma yang tertinggi.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts that Brāhmaṇas are created from the ‘essence of the world’ to guide and uplift society; hence their dharma—grounded in learning, restraint, and ritual responsibility—is presented as paradigmatic and ‘highest’ in the text’s ethical hierarchy.
Śiva (Śrī Maheśvara) addresses Devī and begins a discourse on Brāhmaṇa-dharma, explaining their cosmic origin by the Creator and announcing that he will first describe their duties and the results of their prescribed actions.