Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 15
SiP 6 15.1
ईश्वर उवाच ।। ततः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सृष्टिपद्धतिमुत्तमाम् ।। सदाशिवान्महेशादिचतुष्कस्य वरानने
īśvara uvāca || tataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sṛṣṭipaddhatimuttamām || sadāśivānmaheśādicatuṣkasya varānane
Īśvara said: Next I shall declare the excellent method of creation, O fair-faced one — (the creation) of the group of four, Maheśa and the rest, from Sadāśiva.
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SiP 6 15.2
सदाशिवस्समष्टिस्स्यादाकाशधिपतिः प्रभुः ।। अस्यैव व्यष्टितापन्नम्महेशादिचतुष्टयम्
sadāśivassamaṣṭissyādākāśadhipatiḥ prabhuḥ || asyaiva vyaṣṭitāpannammaheśādicatuṣṭayam
Sadāśiva is the aggregate (samaṣṭi), the Lord, the master of ether; and the four beginning with Maheśa are just his differentiated (vyaṣṭi) form.
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SiP 6 15.3
सदाशिवसहस्रांशान्महेशस्य समुद्भवः ।। पुरुषाननरूपत्वाद्वायोरधिपतिश्च सः
sadāśivasahasrāṃśānmaheśasya samudbhavaḥ || puruṣānanarūpatvādvāyoradhipatiśca saḥ
From a thousandth part of Sadāśiva arose Maheśa; since he has the form of the Puruṣa-face, he is the master of wind.
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SiP 6 15.4
मायाशक्तियुतो वामे सकलश्च क्रियाधिकः ।। अस्यैव व्यष्टिरूपं स्यादीश्वरादिचतुष्टयम्
māyāśaktiyuto vāme sakalaśca kriyādhikaḥ || asyaiva vyaṣṭirūpaṃ syādīśvarādicatuṣṭayam
Joined on his left with the power Māyā, he is embodied (sakala) and preeminent in action; and the four beginning with Īśvara are his differentiated form.
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SiP 6 15.5
ईशो विश्वेश्वरः पश्चात्परमेशस्ततः परम् ।। सर्वेश्वर इतीदन्तु तिरोधाचक्रमुत्तमम्
īśo viśveśvaraḥ paścātparameśastataḥ param || sarveśvara itīdantu tirodhācakramuttamam
Īśa, then Viśveśvara, then beyond that Parameśa, and Sarveśvara: this is the excellent wheel of concealment (tirodhā).
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SiP 6 15.6
तिरोभावो द्विधा भिन्न एको रुद्रादिगोचरः ।। अन्यश्च देहभावेन पशुवर्गस्य सन्ततेः एतदेव पदं प्राप्यं महेशपदसेविनाम् ।। माहेश्वराणां सालोक्यक्रमादेव विमुक्तिदम् एतदेव पदं प्राप्यं रुद्राराधनकांक्षिणाम् ।। रुद्राणां तद्धि सालोक्यक्रमात्सायुज्यदम्मुने विष्णोरेव सहस्रांशात्संबभूव पितामहः ।। सद्योजातमुखात्मा यः पृथिवीतत्त्वनायकः इदं खलु जगच्चक्रं श्रुतिविश्रुतवैभवम् ।। पञ्चारं चक्रमिति ह स्तौति श्रुतिरिदम्मुने अनुग्रहतिरोभावसंहृतिस्थितिसृष्टिभिः ।। करोत्यविरतं लीलामेकश्शक्तियुतश्शिवः
tirobhāvo dvidhā bhinna eko rudrādigocaraḥ || anyaśca dehabhāvena paśuvargasya santateḥ etadeva padaṃ prāpyaṃ maheśapadasevinām || māheśvarāṇāṃ sālokyakramādeva vimuktidam etadeva padaṃ prāpyaṃ rudrārādhanakāṃkṣiṇām || rudrāṇāṃ taddhi sālokyakramātsāyujyadammune viṣṇoreva sahasrāṃśātsaṃbabhūva pitāmahaḥ || sadyojātamukhātmā yaḥ pṛthivītattvanāyakaḥ idaṃ khalu jagaccakraṃ śrutiviśrutavaibhavam || pañcāraṃ cakramiti ha stauti śrutiridammune anugrahatirobhāvasaṃhṛtisthitisṛṣṭibhiḥ || karotyavirataṃ līlāmekaśśaktiyutaśśivaḥ
Concealment is divided in two: one has its sphere in Rudra and the rest, and the other, by way of embodiment, concerns the continuance of the class of bound souls. This very station is to be attained by those who serve the station of Maheśa; for the Māheśvaras it grants liberation only through the sequence beginning with co-residence (sālokya). This very station is to be attained by those who desire the worship of Rudra; for the Rudras, indeed, it grants union (sāyujya) through the sequence beginning with co-residence, O sage. From a thousandth part of Viṣṇu himself was born the Grandfather (Brahmā), who is of the nature of the Sadyojāta face and the ruler of the earth-element. This wheel of the world, indeed, whose majesty is famed in scripture — the scripture praises it thus, O sage: "a wheel with five spokes." By grace, concealment, withdrawal, maintenance and creation, Śiva alone, joined with his Power, ceaselessly performs his play.
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SiP 6 15.7
भोगानुरंजनपरः कर्मसाम्यक्षणावधि ।। कर्मसाम्ये स एकः स्यादनुग्रहमयो विभुः
bhogānuraṃjanaparaḥ karmasāmyakṣaṇāvadhi || karmasāmye sa ekaḥ syādanugrahamayo vibhuḥ
He is intent on making (souls) take delight in enjoyment, up to the moment when their karmas are in balance; when the karmas are balanced, that same Lord becomes full of grace.
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SiP 6 15.8
तत्र सर्वेश्वरा यास्ते देवताः परिकीर्त्तिताः ।। परब्रह्मात्मकाः साक्षान्निर्विकल्पा निरामयाः
tatra sarveśvarā yāste devatāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || parabrahmātmakāḥ sākṣānnirvikalpā nirāmayāḥ
There the deities have been proclaimed as the Sarveśvaras, directly of the nature of the supreme Brahman, free of differentiation, free of affliction.
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SiP 6 15.9
तिरोभावात्मकं चक्रं भवेच्छान्तिकलामयम् ।। महेश्वराधिष्ठितं च पदमेतदनुत्तमम्
tirobhāvātmakaṃ cakraṃ bhavecchāntikalāmayam || maheśvarādhiṣṭhitaṃ ca padametadanuttamam
The wheel that consists of concealment is made of the Śānti-kalā; and this unsurpassed station is presided over by Maheśvara.
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SiP 6 15.11
महेश्वरसहस्रांशाद्रुद्रमूर्तिरजायत ।। अघोरवदनाकारस्तेजस्तत्त्वाधिपश्च सः
maheśvarasahasrāṃśādrudramūrtirajāyata || aghoravadanākārastejastattvādhipaśca saḥ
From a thousandth part of Maheśvara was born the form of Rudra, having the shape of the Aghora face, and he is the master of the fire-element.
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SiP 6 15.12
गौरीशक्तियुतो वामे सर्व्वसंहारकृत्प्रभुः ।। अस्यैव व्यष्टिरूपं स्याच्छिवाद्यथ चतुष्टयम्
gaurīśaktiyuto vāme sarvvasaṃhārakṛtprabhuḥ || asyaiva vyaṣṭirūpaṃ syācchivādyatha catuṣṭayam
Joined on his left with the power Gaurī, he is the Lord who effects the destruction of all; and the four beginning with Śiva are just his differentiated form.
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SiP 6 15.13
शिवो हरो मृडभवौ विदितं चक्रमद्भुतम् ।। संहाराख्यं महादिव्यं परमं हि मुनीश्वर
śivo haro mṛḍabhavau viditaṃ cakramadbhutam || saṃhārākhyaṃ mahādivyaṃ paramaṃ hi munīśvara
Śiva, Hara, Mṛḍa and Bhava — thus is known the wondrous wheel called Destruction, greatly divine and supreme, O lord of sages.
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SiP 6 15.14
स संहारस्त्रिधा प्रोक्तो बुधैर्नित्यादिभेदतः ।। नित्यो जीवसुषुप्त्याख्यो विधेर्नैमित्तिकः स्मृतः
sa saṃhārastridhā prokto budhairnityādibhedataḥ || nityo jīvasuṣuptyākhyo vidhernaimittikaḥ smṛtaḥ
That destruction is declared by the wise to be threefold, by the division into the constant and the rest: the constant is called the deep sleep of living beings, the occasional is held to be that of Brahmā (vidhi).
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SiP 6 15.15
विलयस्तस्य तु महानिति वेदनिदर्शितः ।। जीवानां जन्मदुःखादिशांतानामुषितात्मनाम्
vilayastasya tu mahāniti vedanidarśitaḥ || jīvānāṃ janmaduḥkhādiśāṃtānāmuṣitātmanām
But its (third) dissolution is the great one — thus it is shown by the Veda — of living beings whose selves are worn out, exhausted by birth, suffering and the rest.
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SiP 6 15.16
विश्रांत्यर्थं मुनिश्रेष्ठ कर्मणां पाकहेतवे।। संहारः कल्पितस्त्रेधा रुद्रेणामिततेजसा
viśrāṃtyarthaṃ muniśreṣṭha karmaṇāṃ pākahetave|| saṃhāraḥ kalpitastredhā rudreṇāmitatejasā
For the sake of rest, O best of sages, and to cause the ripening of karmas, destruction was devised as threefold by Rudra of immeasurable splendour.
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SiP 6 15.17
रुद्रस्यैव तु कृत्यानां त्रयमेतदुदाहृतम् ।। संहृतवपि सृष्ट्यादिकृत्यानां पञ्चकं विभोः
rudrasyaiva tu kṛtyānāṃ trayametadudāhṛtam || saṃhṛtavapi sṛṣṭyādikṛtyānāṃ pañcakaṃ vibhoḥ
These three are stated to be the functions of Rudra alone; yet even in destruction the fivefold functions, creation and the rest, belong to the Lord.
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SiP 6 15.18
मुने तत्र भवाद्यास्ते देवताः परिकीर्त्तिताः ।। परब्रह्मस्वरूपाश्च लोकानुग्रहकारकाः
mune tatra bhavādyāste devatāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || parabrahmasvarūpāśca lokānugrahakārakāḥ
O sage, there the deities have been proclaimed as Bhava and the rest, having the very nature of the supreme Brahman and bestowing grace on the worlds.
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SiP 6 15.19
संहाराख्यमिदं चक्रं विद्यारूपकलामयम् ।। अधिष्ठितं च रुद्रेण पदमेतन्निरामयम्
saṃhārākhyamidaṃ cakraṃ vidyārūpakalāmayam || adhiṣṭhitaṃ ca rudreṇa padametannirāmayam
This wheel called Destruction is made of the kalā in the form of Vidyā; and this station, presided over by Rudra, is free of affliction.
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SiP 6 15.21
रुद्रमूर्त्तेस्सहस्रांशाद्विष्णोश्चैवाभवज्जनिः ।। स वामदेवचक्रात्मा वारितत्त्वैकनायकः
rudramūrttessahasrāṃśādviṣṇoścaivābhavajjaniḥ || sa vāmadevacakrātmā vāritattvaikanāyakaḥ
And from a thousandth part of the form of Rudra came the birth of Viṣṇu; he is the self of the Vāmadeva wheel, the sole lord of the water-element.
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SiP 6 15.22
रमाशाक्तियुतो वामे सर्व्वरक्षाकरो महान्।। चतुर्भुजोऽरविंदाक्षः श्यामश्शंखादिचिह्नभृत्
ramāśāktiyuto vāme sarvvarakṣākaro mahān|| caturbhujo'raviṃdākṣaḥ śyāmaśśaṃkhādicihnabhṛt
United on his left with Ramā as his power, the great one who effects the protection of all; four-armed, lotus-eyed, dark-hued, bearing the conch and the other emblems.
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SiP 6 15.23
अस्यैव वासुदेवादिचतुष्कं व्यष्टितां गतम् ।। उपासनरतानां वै वैष्णवानां विमुक्तिदम्
asyaiva vāsudevādicatuṣkaṃ vyaṣṭitāṃ gatam || upāsanaratānāṃ vai vaiṣṇavānāṃ vimuktidam
Of this very one the tetrad beginning with Vāsudeva has assumed a distributed (individuated) form, granting release to Vaiṣṇavas devoted to worship.
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SiP 6 15.24
वासुदेवोऽनिरुद्धश्च ततस्संकर्षणः परः ।। प्रद्युम्नश्चेति विख्यातं स्थितिचक्रमनुत्तमम्
vāsudevo'niruddhaśca tatassaṃkarṣaṇaḥ paraḥ || pradyumnaśceti vikhyātaṃ sthiticakramanuttamam
Vāsudeva and Aniruddha, then Saṃkarṣaṇa, and beyond him Pradyumna — thus is proclaimed the unsurpassed wheel of maintenance.
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SiP 6 15.25
स्थितिस्सृष्टस्य जगतस्तत्कर्त्रा सह पालनम् ।। आरब्धकर्मभोगान्तं जीवानां फलभोगिनाम्
sthitissṛṣṭasya jagatastatkartrā saha pālanam || ārabdhakarmabhogāntaṃ jīvānāṃ phalabhoginām
Maintenance is the preserving of the created world together with its maker, lasting until the end of the enjoyment of the karma already set in motion by the souls who enjoy the fruits.
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SiP 6 15.26
विष्णोरेवेदमाख्यातं कृत्यं रक्षाविधायिनः।। स्थितावपि तु सृष्ट्यादि कृत्यानां पंचकं विभोः
viṣṇorevedamākhyātaṃ kṛtyaṃ rakṣāvidhāyinaḥ|| sthitāvapi tu sṛṣṭyādi kṛtyānāṃ paṃcakaṃ vibhoḥ
This is declared to be the task of Viṣṇu, who provides protection. Yet in maintenance too the Lord has the fivefold set of tasks, creation and the rest.
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SiP 6 15.27
तत्र प्रद्युम्नमुख्यास्ते देवताः परिकीर्तिताः ।। निर्विकल्पा निरातंका मुक्तानंदकरास्सदा
tatra pradyumnamukhyāste devatāḥ parikīrtitāḥ || nirvikalpā nirātaṃkā muktānaṃdakarāssadā
There the deities headed by Pradyumna are celebrated: free of alternatives, free of dread, ever producing the bliss of the liberated.
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SiP 6 15.28
स्थितिचक्रमिदं ब्रह्मन्प्रतिष्ठारूपमुत्तमम् ।। जनार्दनाधिष्ठितं च परमं पदमुच्यते
sthiticakramidaṃ brahmanpratiṣṭhārūpamuttamam || janārdanādhiṣṭhitaṃ ca paramaṃ padamucyate
This wheel of maintenance, O brahman, is of the nature of stable foundation, excellent; presided over by Janārdana, it is called the supreme station.
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SiP 6 15.29
एवदेव पदं प्राप्यं विष्णुपादाब्जसेविनाम् ।। वैष्णवानां चक्रमिदं सालोक्यादिपदप्रदम्
evadeva padaṃ prāpyaṃ viṣṇupādābjasevinām || vaiṣṇavānāṃ cakramidaṃ sālokyādipadapradam
This very station is to be attained by those who serve Viṣṇu's lotus feet; this wheel bestows on Vaiṣṇavas the state of sharing his world and the rest.
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SiP 6 15.31
वाग्देवीसहितो वामे सृष्टिकर्त्ता जगत्प्रभुः ।। चतुर्मुखो रक्तवर्णो रजोरूपस्वरूपवान्
vāgdevīsahito vāme sṛṣṭikarttā jagatprabhuḥ || caturmukho raktavarṇo rajorūpasvarūpavān
Accompanied on his left by the goddess of speech, the maker of creation, lord of the world, four-faced, red in colour, having as his own nature the form of rajas.
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SiP 6 15.32
हिण्यगर्भाद्यस्यैव व्यष्टिरूपं चतुष्टयम् ।। हिरण्यगर्भोथ विराट् पुरुषः काल एव च
hiṇyagarbhādyasyaiva vyaṣṭirūpaṃ catuṣṭayam || hiraṇyagarbhotha virāṭ puruṣaḥ kāla eva ca
Of this very one the individuated form is the tetrad beginning with Hiraṇyagarbha: Hiraṇyagarbha, then Virāṭ, Puruṣa, and Kāla.
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SiP 6 15.33
सृष्टि चक्रमिदं ब्रह्म पुत्रादिऋषिसेवितम्।। सर्व्वकामार्थदं ब्रह्मन्परिवारसुखप्रदम्
sṛṣṭi cakramidaṃ brahma putrādiṛṣisevitam|| sarvvakāmārthadaṃ brahmanparivārasukhapradam
This wheel of creation, O brahman, is attended by the (mind-born) sons and the other sages; it grants every desire and aim, O brahman, and gives happiness to one's household.
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SiP 6 15.34
सृष्टिस्तु संहृतस्यास्य जीवस्य प्रकृतौ बहिः।। आनीय कर्मभोगार्थ साधनांगफलैस्सह
sṛṣṭistu saṃhṛtasyāsya jīvasya prakṛtau bahiḥ|| ānīya karmabhogārtha sādhanāṃgaphalaissaha
Creation, however, is the bringing forth of this soul, which had been withdrawn, outward into prakṛti, for the sake of the enjoyment of its karma, together with the means, their parts, and their fruits,
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SiP 6 15.35
संयोजनमितीदं तु कृत्यं पैतामहं विदुः ।। जगत्सृष्टिक्रियाविज्ञा यावद्व्यूहं सुखावहम्
saṃyojanamitīdaṃ tu kṛtyaṃ paitāmahaṃ viduḥ || jagatsṛṣṭikriyāvijñā yāvadvyūhaṃ sukhāvaham
and its conjoining (with them) — this task those who know the working of world-creation recognise as belonging to the Grandfather, bringing happiness as far as the vyūha.
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SiP 6 15.36
जगत्सृष्टावपि मुने कृत्यानां च पंचकं विभोः ।। अस्ति कालोदयस्तत्र देवताः परिकीर्त्तिताः
jagatsṛṣṭāvapi mune kṛtyānāṃ ca paṃcakaṃ vibhoḥ || asti kālodayastatra devatāḥ parikīrttitāḥ
In world-creation too, O sage, there exists the Lord's fivefold set of tasks; there occurs the rising of time, and the deities are proclaimed.
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SiP 6 15.37
निवृत्तिरूपमाख्यातं सृष्टिचक्रमिदं बुधैः ।। पितामहाधिष्ठितं च पदमेतद्धि शोभनम्
nivṛttirūpamākhyātaṃ sṛṣṭicakramidaṃ budhaiḥ || pitāmahādhiṣṭhitaṃ ca padametaddhi śobhanam
This wheel of creation is declared by the learned to be of the nature of turning back (nivṛtti); presided over by the Grandfather, this station is indeed splendid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.38
एतदेव प्रदं प्राप्यं ब्रह्मार्पितधियां नृणाम् ।। पैतामहानामेतद्धि सालोक्या दिविमुक्तिदम्
etadeva pradaṃ prāpyaṃ brahmārpitadhiyāṃ nṛṇām || paitāmahānāmetaddhi sālokyā divimuktidam
This very station is to be attained by men whose thought is offered up to Brahmā; for the followers of the Grandfather it bestows the sharing of his world and release in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 15.39
अस्मिन्नपि चतुष्के तु चक्राणां प्रणवो भवेत् ।। महेशादिक्रमादेव गौण्या वृत्त्या स वाचकः
asminnapi catuṣke tu cakrāṇāṃ praṇavo bhavet || maheśādikramādeva gauṇyā vṛttyā sa vācakaḥ
In this tetrad too the praṇava (OM) serves as the designation of the wheels; precisely by the sequence beginning with Maheśa it designates them, by a secondary (figurative) function of the word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.41
एकमेव जगच्चक्रं शम्भोश्शक्तिविजृंभितम् ।। सृष्ट्यादिपंचांवयवं पंचारमिति कथ्यते
ekameva jagaccakraṃ śambhośśaktivijṛṃbhitam || sṛṣṭyādipaṃcāṃvayavaṃ paṃcāramiti kathyate
The world-wheel is but one, unfolded by the power of Śambhu; having creation and the rest as its five members, it is called five-spoked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.42
अलातचक्रभ्रमिवदविच्छिन्नलयोदयम् ।। परितो वर्तते यस्मात्तस्माच्चक्रमितीरितम्
alātacakrabhramivadavicchinnalayodayam || parito vartate yasmāttasmāccakramitīritam
Since it revolves all around, with dissolution and arising unbroken, like the whirling circle of a firebrand, it is therefore termed a 'wheel'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.43
सृष्ट्यादिपृथुसृष्टित्वात्पृथुत्वेनोपदृश्यते ।। हिरण्मयस्य देवस्य शम्भोरमिततेजसः
sṛṣṭyādipṛthusṛṣṭitvātpṛthutvenopadṛśyate || hiraṇmayasya devasya śambhoramitatejasaḥ
Because creation and the rest constitute a vast creating, it is perceived in its vastness — (the wheel) of the golden god Śambhu of measureless brilliance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 15.44
शक्तिकार्यमिदं चक्रं हिरण्यज्योतिराश्रितम् ।। सलिलेनावृतमिदं सलिलं वह्निनावृतम्
śaktikāryamidaṃ cakraṃ hiraṇyajyotirāśritam || salilenāvṛtamidaṃ salilaṃ vahnināvṛtam
This sphere, the work of Śakti, rests upon the golden light; it is enveloped by water, and the water is enveloped by fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.45
आवृतो वायुना वह्निराकाशेनावृतं महत् ।। भूतादिना तथाकाशो भूतादिर्महतावृतः
āvṛto vāyunā vahnirākāśenāvṛtaṃ mahat || bhūtādinā tathākāśo bhūtādirmahatāvṛtaḥ
The fire is enveloped by wind, the wind by space, and the great (principle) — space likewise by the origin of the elements (ego-principle), and the origin of the elements by the great (principle).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 15.46
अव्यक्तेनावृतस्तद्वन्महानित्येवमास्तिकैः ।। ब्रह्माण्डमिति संप्रोक्तमाचार्य्यैर्मुनिसत्तम
avyaktenāvṛtastadvanmahānityevamāstikaiḥ || brahmāṇḍamiti saṃproktamācāryyairmunisattama
And likewise the great (principle) is enveloped by the unmanifest — thus (it is taught) by the orthodox; this, best of sages, is what the teachers have called the Egg of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.47
उक्तानि सप्तावरणान्यस्य विश्वस्य गुप्तये ।। चक्राद्दशगुणाधिक्यं सलिलस्य विधीयते
uktāni saptāvaraṇānyasya viśvasya guptaye || cakrāddaśaguṇādhikyaṃ salilasya vidhīyate
These seven envelopes have been declared, for the protection of this universe; the water is laid down as ten times greater than the sphere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.48
उपर्युपरि चान्योन्यमेवं दशगुणाधिकम् ।। ब्रह्माण्डमिति विज्ञेयं तद्द्विजैर्मुनिनायक
uparyupari cānyonyamevaṃ daśaguṇādhikam || brahmāṇḍamiti vijñeyaṃ taddvijairmunināyaka
And so, one above the other, each ten times greater than the next — that, leader of sages, is to be known by the twice-born as the Egg of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 6 15.49
इममर्थमुरीकृत्य चक्रसामीप्यवर्त्तनात्।। सलिलस्य च तन्मध्ये इति प्राह श्रुतिस्स्वयम्
imamarthamurīkṛtya cakrasāmīpyavarttanāt|| salilasya ca tanmadhye iti prāha śrutissvayam
Having accepted this meaning, because (the water) stands in proximity to the sphere, revealed scripture itself has said, "and in the midst of the water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 6 15.51
बहुनेह किमुक्तेन मुने सारं वदामि ते।। शिव एवेदमखिलं शक्तिमानिति निश्चितम्
bahuneha kimuktena mune sāraṃ vadāmi te|| śiva evedamakhilaṃ śaktimāniti niścitam
What is the use of much speaking here, sage? I shall tell you the essence: it is settled that all this is Śiva alone, possessed of Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition