Creation of the Universe

Creation of the Universe

Shiva-Parvati शिव पार्वती are called ‘जगत: पितरो, the parents of the world.

Fifty-two sounds (letters), that is nadabijas नाद बीज or bijamantras बीजमंत्र were generated from the fifty-two notes emitted by Shankar’s शंकर small hourglass shaped drum (Damaru डमरू) from which the universe was created. Nad (नद) – nad (नाद) is the process of flowing continuously. The sound ‘da (द), da (द), dam (दम्)’ meaning ‘ददामि त्वं (I am giving you)’ was generated from these bijas बीज of sound. It was as though Shiva शिव assured the universe ‘I bestow you with spiritual knowledge, purity and penance’.

Since Shiva शिव is urdhvaretas उर्धवृता He can create the Universe with a mere resolve (sankalpa संकल्प). Jagadguru जगतगुरु

ज्ञानं इच्छेत् सदाशिवात् । मोक्षं इच्छेत् जनार्दनात् ।,

Means one should worship Shiva शिव for spiritual knowledge and Janardan जनार्दन (Vishnu विष्णु) for the Final Liberation (Moksha मोक्ष).

The one leading to the state beyond the three components (trigunatit त्रिगुणतित)

Shankar destroys all the three components of Prakruti प्रकृति – sattva सत्व, raja रज and tama तम, that is ignorance simultaneously.

Om Namo Shivay (ओम नमः शिवाय)