Shloka 35
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकाम् एव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् पितृवन् मन्यमानस्य पितरस् तस्य जज्ञिरे
sattvamātrātmikām eva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum pitṛvan manyamānasya pitaras tasya jajñire
Depois, ele assumiu outro corpo, constituído unicamente de sattva. E quando se considerou como um pai, dele nasceram os Pitṛs, os Pais ancestrais.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents the Pitṛs as a direct product of a sattva-dominant creative assumption, grounding ancestral rites (śrāddha) and lineage-continuity in the very structure of creation.
Parāśara describes creation as proceeding by successive assumptions of form aligned with specific functions; here, a sattva-only form supports the orderly emergence of the Pitṛs as progenitors and guardians of ancestral succession.
Even when the narrative speaks through creator-functions, the Purāṇic framework treats such ordered emanation as dependent on the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose sovereignty underlies the cosmic hierarchy and its sustaining dharma.