[Advaita-l] On Srishti

[V Subrahmanian]

The Devi Bhagavatam holds that it is She who is the origin of creation and
all other Gods including the Trimurtis are Her manifestations. The Ganesha
purana holds that the Trimurtis have their origin in that God. There is a
Surya shatakam which holds that the Trimurtis are actually Surya. The
Skanda Purana holds that Skanda is the Creator.

The Uttara Khanda of Padma Purana has a beautiful reference to Panchayatana
puja. Bhagavan Krishna says the following to Satyabhama in the 88th Chapter
:

शैवाः सौराश्च गाणेशा वैष्णवाः शक्तिपूजकाः ।

मामेव प्राप्नुवंतीह वर्षांभः सागरं यथा ॥ ४३ ॥

एकोऽहं पंचधा जातः क्रीडयन्नामभिः किल ।

देवदत्तो यथा कश्चित्पुत्राद्याह्वाननामभिः ॥ ४४ ॥ ( 6.88.43-44)

Bhagavan says to Satyabhama , "As rain-water reaches the ocean, so also,
the worshippers of Shiva,Surya,Ganesha,Vishnu and Shakti attain me. I am
one, yet manifest in five ways. As one Devadatta is addressed in many ways,
so also, I am called variously owing to my play. "

This gives credence to the idea that a devotee of any particular God holds
that God to be the Creator.

regards



On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 5:21 PM Shrinivas Gadkari via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Refer the following post from the archives:
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2019-July/052848.html
>
> As per the hints in puruSha sUkta, bhAgavatam, and elsewhere in Vedic
> texts,
> and based on my understanding of these topics, the creation proceeds as:
> Adi puruSha --> virAja --> adhi puruSha --> brahmA, viShNu, rudra, deva-s,
> ....
>
> Those who are specially devoted to viShNu, are correct if they refer to
> "adhi puruSha" as the "Great viShNu" and "Adi puruSha" as "Super Great
> viShNu".
> They are again correct if claim that rudra is created by this "Great
> viShNu"
> or "Super Great viShNu".
>
> Those who are specially devoted to rudra, are equally correct if they
> refer to
> "adhi puruSha" as the "Great shiva" and "Adi puruSha" as "Super Great
> shiva".
> They are again correct if claim that viShNu is created by this "Great
> shiva"
> or "Super Great shiva".
>
> Regards,
> Shrinivas Gadkari
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