[Advaita-l] On creation of trinity and their spouses

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks for posting the link for the old post here.  I had asked here about
the Shiva-Saraswati sibling reference. That is there in this link. The
concept does not seem to be in any popular Purana.

regards
subbu

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 11:09 PM Shrinivas Gadkari via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Please refer to the translation of prAdhAnika rahasya which is an appendix
> to durgA saptashatI.
> Translation of this text has been shared by Shri Jaldhar many years ago:
>
> https://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2009-September/022572.html
>
> Three avatAra-s of Adi mAtA canDikA/ durgA - each created two children
> similar in guNa-s to
> the durgA avatAra:
> - mahA kAli with dominance of tamas crated: rudra and sarasvati
> - mahA lakShmi with dominance of rajas created : brahmA and lakShmi
> - mahA sarasvati with dominance of sattva created : viShNu and gauri
>
> Please note, that there is no suggestion here regarding one guNa being
> superior or one
> guNa being inferior. Each guNa is critical to creation.
>
> Regards,
> Shrinivas Gadkari
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> There are many hymns composed by the 33rd Sringeri Acharya on the concept
> of Sharada/Saraswati as the sister of Shiva.  Are there any references in
> the Puranas, etc. for this relationship?
>
> regards
> subbu
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