Shloka 2

ग्रहाद्यधिपत्याभिषेकः

Cosmic Consecrations of Lords of Planets and Domains

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच ग्रहाधिपत्ये भगवान् अभ्यषिञ्चद्दिवाकरम् ऋक्षाणामोषधीनां च सोमं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca grahādhipatye bhagavān abhyaṣiñcaddivākaram ṛkṣāṇāmoṣadhīnāṃ ca somaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ

Translation

Sūta thưa: Prajāpati Brahmā, Đấng Cát Tường, đã quán đảnh Divākara (Mặt Trời) làm chủ tể các Graha; và quán đảnh Soma (Mặt Trăng) làm chủ tể các chòm sao và các loài dược thảo.

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• ग्रह-अधिपत्ये: in the lordship over the planets

• भगवान्: the blessed, venerable one

• अभ्यषिञ्चत्: consecrated/installed (anointed into office)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun, maker of day

• ऋक्षाणाम्: of the lunar mansions/constellations (nakṣatras)

• ओषधीनाम्: of herbs/medicinal plants

• च: and

• सोमम्: Soma, the Moon-deity

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• प्रजापतिः: the Lord of creatures (Prajāpati).

Speaker

Suta

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Surya (Divakara)
• Soma (Chandra)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes cosmic offices (Sun over grahas, Moon over nakṣatras and herbs), implying that ritual timing (tithi, nakṣatra, auspicious solar-lunar cycles) used in Linga-pūjā operates within an ordered cosmos ultimately subordinate to Pati, Śiva.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Śiva is not named, the verse reflects a key Śaiva view: devatās hold delegated powers within creation, while the supreme Pati remains the transcendent ground of order; Brahmā’s ‘installation’ indicates limited, assigned authority rather than absolute sovereignty.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It points to jyotiṣa-based observance in Śaiva practice—choosing nakṣatra/tithi and recognizing Soma’s link to oṣadhis—supporting vrata, abhiṣeka substances, and disciplined alignment of the pashu’s mind with regulated cosmic cycles (a preparatory aid to Pāśupata sādhanā).