Shloka 80
Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma
कमलं तस्य हस्तात्तु पतितं धरणीतले । तस्य शब्दो महानेष येन यूयं प्रकंपिताः
kamalaṃ tasya hastāttu patitaṃ dharaṇītale | tasya śabdo mahāneṣa yena yūyaṃ prakaṃpitāḥ
ดอกบัวนั้นหล่นจากพระหัตถ์ลงสู่พื้นพิภพ และเสียงอันกึกก้องที่เกิดขึ้นจากนั้นเอง คือเสียงที่ทำให้พวกท่านทั้งปวงสะท้านไหว
Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/speaker within the dialogue)
Concept: What appears frightening may have a sacred, intelligible cause; cosmic events can be traced to divine-lila-like movements within creation’s order.
Application: Reframe startling events: seek causes, avoid superstition, and remember that meaning can emerge from what first feels like disturbance.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: earthly
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A radiant lotus slips from Brahmā’s hand and strikes the earth like a meteor of fragrance, sending a visible ring of vibration through air and cloud. In the heavens above, the Maruts recoil as the shockwave ripples across the three worlds, while the lotus rests on the ground glowing with otherworldly light.","primary_figures":["Brahmā","Maruts","the fallen lotus (as a luminous focal object)"],"setting":"A forested mountain-slope clearing on earth below, with the sky layered above showing devas reacting to the same sound.","lighting_mood":"dramatic twilight","color_palette":["electric gold","lotus magenta","deep indigo","forest green","ash gray"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: the moment of the lotus falling from Brahmā’s hand onto earth, rendered with gold leaf radiance around the lotus and concentric sound-waves; devas in the upper register startled, earth-forest in the lower register; rich reds/greens, gem-studded ornaments, ornate borders emphasizing the cosmic impact.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a two-tier composition—upper sky with Maruts startled, lower forest clearing with the lotus landing; delicate ripple lines in the air, soft twilight gradients, refined figures, lyrical naturalism with a glowing lotus as the visual anchor.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold concentric wave motifs emanating from the lotus on earth, Brahmā in stylized posture above, Maruts reacting in a frieze-like band; strong outlines, traditional pigments, dramatic narrative clarity on a temple-wall aesthetic.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central fallen lotus as a mandala emitting patterned rings, surrounding motifs of clouds and wind-deities; intricate floral borders, indigo ground with gold and pink highlights, auspicious symbols woven into the shockwave pattern."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["sudden thunder-like boom","wind roar","conch blast (sharp)","echoing resonance","birds startled into flight"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: हस्तात्तु = हस्तात् + तु; महानेष = महान् + एषः; धरणीतले = धरणी-तले (समास/सन्धि).
FAQs
It describes a lotus slipping from someone’s hand and falling to the earth, producing a powerful sound that causes those present to tremble.
No explicit deity or proper name appears in this shloka; identification depends on the surrounding narrative context of Adhyaya 15.
Within creation-themed passages, a “great sound” often signals a moment of cosmic disturbance or portent—an event significant enough to physically and psychologically impact the assembled beings.