[Advaita-l] Guidance on Srishti

[V Subrahmanian]

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There are references in the Mahabharata and in various other puranas for
the Trimurtis originating from Shiva's body for the purpose of
creation, etc. The Shvetashvatara Upanishad teaches Brahma laws created by
Rudra and was blessed with all the vedic knowledge. The Atharvashikha
upanishad says that Vishnu Brahma and Indra , etc.originated from Shambhu.
So, there is no unanimity in these matters of creation, etc. across the
scriptural texts but there is unanimity about the nature of Brahman that
has to be realized for liberation. Shankara has said this in the Bhashya.
Hence Shankara concludes that creation is not the purport (hence it is
mithya) of the Scriptures but Brahman alone is. The scriptures talk about
creation with a view to help the understanding of Brahman with ease.

regards
subbu



On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 8:59 AM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste.
> The general idea which all the puranas and ithihasa contain is that, from
> shriman narayana, prajapati brahma originates. This is there in most of the
> puranas and is based on Shruthi vakya of purusha suktam and taitreya
> aranyaka.
> From brahma orginate various other rishis as well as rudra deva. This is
> present in various puranas and is based on Shruthi vakya of sathapatha
> brahmana. But the "birth" of bagavan rudra is like vamana being born to
> Kashyapa maharishi as the bagavtham states.
> In the mandukya upanishad the gross body is a modification of virat and the
> subtle body is the modification of brahma.
>
> With regards to various stories and creation concepts shri abhinava
> vidyatirtha swamin has explained that these are only relative, and the
> shrusti is mithya.
>
> On Wed, 16 Nov, 2022, 1:34 am Manas Bharadwaaj via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear Members,
> >
> > In Srimad Bhagavatam, it is shown that Mahavishnu (Sriman Narayana) is
> > beyond avyaktha. I'm interested in knowing puranic, itihasa, Bhashyas,
> and
> > also Smriti/Sruthi (importantly) references for Lord Shiva's place and
> role
> > in the Srishti and how Sriman Narayana (Mahavishnu) and other devas
> > originate from him as a source. Thank you so much, once again.
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