Shloka 10
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
स्वाहा दिशस्तथा दीक्षा रोहिणी च यथाक्रमम् ।
सूर्यादीनां द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! रुद्राद्यैर्नामभिः सह ॥
svāhā diśas tathā dīkṣā rohiṇī ca yathākramam / sūryādīnāṁ dvijaśreṣṭha! rudrādyair nāmabhiḥ saha
तथा स्वाहा, दिशश्च, दीक्षा, रोहिणी च यथाक्रमम्—सूर्यादिगणस्य, रुद्रादिनामभिः सह, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ।
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FAQs
Purāṇic lists often encode a worldview where ritual speech (svāhā), sacred discipline (dīkṣā), and cosmic order (directions, stars) are integrated into a single sacred ecology.
Sarga: ordering of the cosmos through correspondences; also supports later ritual theology by grounding worship-forms in creation.
The pairing ‘names with stations’ suggests that each divine name is a vibrational key to a cosmic locus; in meditative practice, invoking a name is simultaneously invoking its ‘seat’ in the macrocosm and microcosm.