Chapter 13 - Glory of Tatpuruṣa

Sūta said:

1. The thirty first kalpa is known as Pītavāsas. Therein, the blessed Brahmā was clad in yellow garbs.

2. Even as Brahmā desirous of a son was meditating, a boy of great splendour, wearing yellow robes, appeared before.

3. He was a youth with the body smeared with yellow scents. He wore yellow garlands and dress. He had long arms, a golden sacred thread and yellow turban.

4. On seeing him, Brahmā, endowed with meditation mentally resorted to and sought refuge in the overlord, the creator of the worlds.

5. Thereafter Brahmā went on meditation. He saw the excellent cow of the great lord. In her universal form it had come out of his mouth.

6. It had four feet, four faces, four hands, four udders, four eyes, four horns, four teeth and four mouths.

7-10. The cow was goddess herself who had faces all round and who possessed thirty-two qualities. On seeing the great goddess in the form of the cow, the great lord who is worshipped by all devas said again repeating the words: ‘O great goddess, symbol of intellect and memory, come on, come on.’ [Thus addressed] she joined her palms in reverence to the lord and stood there. Then the lord of devas spoke to her. [O goddess,] enveloping the universe by your yogic power you should keep it under your control. You will be Umā for the welfare of the brahmins and for the attainment of their goal (of liberation).

11. The lord of devas, the preceptor of the universe gave her to Brahmā who was meditating on the lord for obtaining a son.

12. By practising meditation Brahmā realized that she was the great goddess and he accepted her from the preceptor of the worlds.

13- 14. After meditating on Gāyatrī pertaining to Rudra, Brahmā became self-controlled. By performing the japa of Rudra-Gāyatrī as instructed by the lord and realizing that it was Vedic knowledge, Brahmā who is worshipped by the whole world, resorted to the great lord with his mind fixed in meditation.

15. The lord then granted him a divine yoga, great learning, riches and glory, wealth of knowledge and detachment.

16-21. Thereafter from his sides there emerged divine sons who wore yellow garlands, yellow garbs, yellow necklaces. They had yellow unguents on their bodies and yellow turbans on their heads. Their faces and hair were all yellow. For a period of thousand years, these persons of great power and splendour who were devoid of impurities spent their time for the welfare of brahmins. They were yogic souls delighting in penances. They were endowed with virtue and power of yoga. They instructed the sages engaged in long sacrifices in the system of great yoga and (finally) entered the body of the lord. Thus others too who seek refuge in him in this manner, who have restrained their souls, who have conquered the sense organs and who are engaged in meditation will become sinless. They will have the splendour of Brahman and be free from impurities. They will enter Rudra the great lord and be released from re-birth.