Shiva Purana

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द्यां मूर्धानं तस्य विप्रा वदंति खं वै नाभिं चंद्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे ॥ दिशः श्रोत्रे चरणौ च क्षितिं च सो ऽचिन्त्यात्मा सर्वभूतप्रणेता ॥ ७६ ॥

sanskrit

Wise men say that the heaven is his head; the sky his navel; the sun and the moon his eyes; the quarters his cars and the earth his feet. That unponderable soul is the maker of all living beings.

english translation

dyAM mUrdhAnaM tasya viprA vadaMti khaM vai nAbhiM caMdrasUryau ca netre ॥ dizaH zrotre caraNau ca kSitiM ca so 'cintyAtmA sarvabhUtapraNetA ॥ 76 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/12/77

वक्त्रात्तस्य ब्रह्मणास्संप्रसूतास्तद्वक्षसः क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागात् ॥ वैश्या उरुभ्यां तस्य पद्भ्यां च शूद्राः सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः ॥ ७७ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmins are born of his mouth: the Kṣatriyas of his chest, the Vaiśyas of his thighs; the Śūdras of his feet. All the castes are born of his.

english translation

vaktrAttasya brahmaNAssaMprasUtAstadvakSasaH kSatriyAH pUrvabhAgAt ॥ vaizyA urubhyAM tasya padbhyAM ca zUdrAH sarve varNA gAtrataH saMprasUtAH ॥ 77 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/12/76

द्यां मूर्धानं तस्य विप्रा वदंति खं वै नाभिं चंद्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे ॥ दिशः श्रोत्रे चरणौ च क्षितिं च सो ऽचिन्त्यात्मा सर्वभूतप्रणेता ॥ ७६ ॥

sanskrit

Wise men say that the heaven is his head; the sky his navel; the sun and the moon his eyes; the quarters his cars and the earth his feet. That unponderable soul is the maker of all living beings.

english translation

dyAM mUrdhAnaM tasya viprA vadaMti khaM vai nAbhiM caMdrasUryau ca netre ॥ dizaH zrotre caraNau ca kSitiM ca so 'cintyAtmA sarvabhUtapraNetA ॥ 76 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/12/77

वक्त्रात्तस्य ब्रह्मणास्संप्रसूतास्तद्वक्षसः क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागात् ॥ वैश्या उरुभ्यां तस्य पद्भ्यां च शूद्राः सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः ॥ ७७ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmins are born of his mouth: the Kṣatriyas of his chest, the Vaiśyas of his thighs; the Śūdras of his feet. All the castes are born of his.

english translation

vaktrAttasya brahmaNAssaMprasUtAstadvakSasaH kSatriyAH pUrvabhAgAt ॥ vaizyA urubhyAM tasya padbhyAM ca zUdrAH sarve varNA gAtrataH saMprasUtAH ॥ 77 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript