Shloka 183

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजन्मानसान् नव नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः

Transliteration

dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjanmānasān nava nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

随后，他仅以意念生出达克沙、阿特里与婆悉吒——确为九位意生祖师。于《往世书》中，已确证他们为“九梵天”，乃创化之初的本源行者。

Word by Word

• दक्षम (dakṣam): Dakṣa

• अत्रिं (atriṁ): Atri

• वसिष्ठं (vasiṣṭham): Vasiṣṭha

• च (ca): and

• सः (saḥ): he (Brahmā)

• असृजत् (asṛjat): created, emanated

• मानसान् (mānasān): mind-born, born of thought

• नव (nava): nine

• नव (nava): nine (emphatic repetition)

• ब्रह्माणः (brahmāṇaḥ): Brahmās/creator-lords/progenitors

• इति (iti): thus

• एते (ete): these

• पुराणे (purāṇe): in the Purāṇa

• निश्चयं (niścayaṁ): certainty, settled conclusion

• गताः (gatāḥ): are accepted/attained (as established).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account, with Brahma as the acting creator within the narrative)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Daksha
• Atri
• Vasistha

FAQs

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

It situates Linga-centered Shaiva teaching within a larger cosmology: ordered creation proceeds through mind-born progenitors, while Shiva as Pati remains the transcendent ground beyond all created agents.

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

By describing Brahmā’s derivative creative function through mental emanation, the verse implicitly supports a Shaiva Siddhanta hierarchy where all sṛṣṭi is within the realm of Pāśa, while Shiva-tattva (Pati) is the independent, supreme principle not produced by creation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative: creation is presented as mānasa (mind-born), aligning with yogic insight that the cosmos is experienced through mind and is ultimately to be transcended by Pashupata-oriented devotion to Pati (Shiva).