Shloka 11
शिशुमार-रूपं, ध्रुवबन्धनम्, वृष्टिचक्र-पालनम्, नारायणाधारत्वम्
सरित्समुद्रभौमास् तु तथापः प्राणिसंभवाः चतुष्प्रकारा भगवान् आदत्ते सविता मुने
saritsamudrabhaumās tu tathāpaḥ prāṇisaṃbhavāḥ catuṣprakārā bhagavān ādatte savitā mune
โอ ฤๅษี พระผู้เป็นสวิตาโดยพระบัญชาสูงสุดของพระองค์ ทรงดูดซับน้ำสี่ประการ คือ น้ำแห่งแม่น้ำ น้ำแห่งมหาสมุทร น้ำที่เกิดจากแผ่นดิน และน้ำที่เกิดจากสรรพชีวิต
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How the Sun ‘draws up’ waters in multiple ways to sustain worldly order
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Concept: The Sun, as a cosmic regulator, gathers waters from river, ocean, earth, and living beings, maintaining the world’s cycles.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: See ecological interdependence as sacred; practice restraint and stewardship of water as a dharmic duty.
Vishishtadvaita: The regulated functioning of natural powers can be understood as the Lord’s śarīra (body) operating under His sovereignty.
FAQs
This verse presents the Sun (Savitṛ) as a divinely empowered regulator who sustains cosmic order by governing the circulation of waters, ensuring fertility, rains, and continuity of life.
Parāśara classifies waters as river-waters, ocean-waters, earth-born waters (springs/ground moisture), and waters arising from living beings (bodily fluids and organic moisture), all of which the Sun is said to “draw up.”
Even when describing a natural process, the Purana frames it as divinely governed—nature functions as an instrument of higher sovereignty, aligning cosmology with a theistic vision of ordered creation and preservation.