Shloka 23
मेरुवर्णनम्—प्रमाण, दिग्विभाग, देवपुरी-विमान-निवासाः
हरेस्तदर्धं विस्तीर्णं विमानं तत्र सो ऽपि च पद्मरागमयं दिव्यं पद्मजस्य च दक्षिणे
harestadardhaṃ vistīrṇaṃ vimānaṃ tatra so 'pi ca padmarāgamayaṃ divyaṃ padmajasya ca dakṣiṇe
ที่นั่นยังมีวิมานอีกหลังหนึ่งซึ่งแผ่กว้างได้ครึ่งหนึ่งของวิมานพระหริ เป็นวิมานทิพย์ทำด้วยปัทมราก (ทับทิม) และตั้งอยู่ทางด้านขวาของพระปัทมชะ (พระพรหม).
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana narrative to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
By describing divine vimānas and their measured placement, the verse supports the Purāṇic idea of ordered sacred space—mirrored in Liṅga-pūjā where the altar, directions, and proportional layout express dharma and the presence of Pati (Śiva) as the ground of cosmic order.
Though Śiva is not named here, the narrative’s cosmic architecture implies a governing principle beyond individual deities—consistent with Śaiva Siddhānta where Pati (Śiva) is the transcendent regulator in whom the functions of creation and preservation find their proper station and measure.
The practical takeaway is directional sanctity and proportional arrangement—key to temple/maṇḍala logic used in Śaiva worship; yogically, it hints at inner “placement” (nyāsa-like order) where the seeker aligns the embodied pashu with a higher cosmic symmetry.