Shloka 5

Devanagari script

प्रजापतिस्तत्‌ ससृजे तपसो<न्ते महातपा: । शड्करस्त्वसृजत्‌ तात प्रजा: स्थावरजड़मा:,तात! महातपस्वी प्रजापतिने तपस्याके अन्तमें उस शतरुद्रियकी रचना की और शंकरजीने समस्त चराचर प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि की

Transliteration

prajāpatis tat sasṛje tapaso 'nte mahātapāḥ | śaṅkaras tv asṛjat tāta prajāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ ||

Translation

తాతా! మహాతపస్వి ప్రజాపతి తన తపస్సు పరాకాష్ఠలో ఆ (శతరుద్రీయ)ాన్ని సృష్టించాడు; ఆపై శంకరుడు స్థావర-జంగమ సమస్త ప్రజలను సృష్టించాడు.

Word by Word

प्रजापतिःPrajapati (lord of creatures)

तत्that (thing)

ससृजेcreated

तपसःof austerity

अन्तेat the end

महातपाःthe great ascetic

शङ्करःShankara (Śiva)

तुbut/indeed

असृजत्created

तातdear one/son (address)

प्रजाःcreatures

स्थावर-जङ्गमाःimmobile and mobile

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Prajāpati

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Prajāḥ (all beings: sthāvara and jaṅgama)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation and order are presented as emerging from tapas (disciplined spiritual effort) and divine governance: Prajāpati’s austerity culminates in bringing forth a sacred principle, and Śaṅkara’s agency extends that into the full spectrum of life—immovable and movable—implying that spiritual power should serve the continuity and welfare of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu narrates a cosmogonic sequence: Prajāpati, after completing austerities, creates “that” (a previously referenced sacred formulation/rite), and Śaṅkara then creates the totality of creatures, classified as sthāvara (immobile) and jaṅgama (mobile).