Shloka 18
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
चक्रं विष्णोर्वसूनाञ्च शङ्कवो 'थ सुदारुणाः ।
पावकस्य तथा शक्तिः शिबिका धनदस्य च ॥
cakraṃ viṣṇor vasūnāṃ ca śaṅkavo 'tha su-dāruṇāḥ | pāvakasya tathā śaktiḥ śibikā dhanadasya ca ||
وِشنو کے لیے چکر، اور وَسُوؤں کے لیے تیز نیزے (یا کانٹے)؛ اسی طرح پاوَک (اگنی) کے لیے شکتی-آیُدھ، اور دھنَد (کُبیر) کے لیے پالکی بھی۔
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FAQs
Divine functions are supported by appropriate ‘tools’—symbolizing that power should be structured and purposeful, not chaotic. Each deity’s role in cosmic order is equipped by the same ultimate source.
Carita: etiological detail within the Devi narrative explaining how gods obtain their distinctive implements.
The cakra suggests cyclic time/order; the śakti suggests concentrated will-force; the śibikā (vehicle) suggests sovereignty and stability. All are expressions of one śakti differentiated by function.