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Shloka 79

Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga

ततो निशायां वृत्तायां सिसृक्षुरखिलञ्जगत् / अजस्य नाभौ तद् बीजं क्षिपत्येष महेश्वरः

tato niśāyāṃ vṛttāyāṃ sisṛkṣurakhilañjagat / ajasya nābhau tad bījaṃ kṣipatyeṣa maheśvaraḥ

ครั้นเมื่อราตรีล่วงไป ด้วยพระประสงค์จะให้กำเนิดสรรพจักรวาล พระมหेशวรองค์นี้ทรงหย่อนพืชพันธุ์นั้นลงในพระนาภีของผู้ไม่เกิด (พรหมา)

tataḥthen; thereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
niśāyāmin the night
niśāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th), Singular
vṛttāyāmwhen (it) had occurred/elapsed
vṛttāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक; past passive participle used adjectivally)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th), Singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) agreeing with niśāyām
sisṛkṣuḥdesiring to create
sisṛkṣuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
FormDesiderative participle (सन्नन्त-प्रातिपदिक; इच्छार्थक), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
akhilamentire
akhilam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifies jagat
jagatworld; creation
jagat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
ajasyaof the Unborn (Brahmā/Viṣṇu as context)
ajasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
nābhauin the navel
nābhau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnābhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; deictic pronoun qualifying bījam
bījamseed
bījam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbīja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
kṣipatithrows; places
kṣipati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṣip (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person, Singular
eṣaḥthis (one)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
maheśvaraḥthe Great Lord
maheśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmaheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

Purana narrator (Vyasa/Suta tradition), describing the cosmogonic sequence

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

M
Maheshvara
A
Aja (Brahma)
J
Jagat (Universe)

FAQs

It presents the Supreme Lord (Maheshvara) as the conscious initiator of creation, who implants the causal “seed” (bīja) into Brahmā—implying a transcendent source that activates cosmic manifestation while remaining prior to it.

No direct practice is taught in this verse; however, its causal-seed cosmology supports Pashupata-style contemplation on īśvara as the origin of all tattvas—meditating on the Lord as the efficient cause who awakens creation from latency.

By portraying Maheshvara as the supreme causal agent working through Brahmā’s creative function, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where divine roles interpenetrate—supporting a Shaiva-Vaishnava unity framework rather than rivalry.