एवं क्रमेण देवेशि समुत्पन्नमिदं जगत् । शशिसूर्यविभागेन चित्ररूपमनंतकम्
evaṃ krameṇa deveśi samutpannamidaṃ jagat | śaśisūryavibhāgena citrarūpamanaṃtakam
یوں، اے دیویِ دیویش، بتدریج یہ جگت پیدا ہوا؛ چاند اور سورج کی تفریق سے یہ بے انتہا اور گوناگوں صورتوں والا بنا۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as deveśi/devī)
Scene: A cosmic tableau: the world arising step-by-step, with Sun and Moon as twin regulators casting differentiated light over countless forms; Prabhāsa’s seashore hinted at the horizon.
Creation unfolds in ordered stages; recognizing cosmic order supports disciplined dharma and reverence for the divine.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the Māhātmya frames cosmic teaching as part of the sanctity of the sacred region.
No ritual is stated; the verse explains a cosmological principle.