Shloka 10
ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
पादाङ्गुष्ठेन संपीड्य यदा स वसुधां स्थितः तदा सा वसुधा विप्र चचाल सह पर्वतैः
pādāṅguṣṭhena saṃpīḍya yadā sa vasudhāṃ sthitaḥ tadā sā vasudhā vipra cacāla saha parvataiḥ
হে বিপ্ৰ, তেওঁ যেতিয়া পৃথিৱীত স্থিত হৈ পাদৰ বৃদ্ধাঙ্গুষ্ঠেৰে তাক চেপি ধৰিলে, তেতিয়া পৰ্বতসহ পৃথিৱী কঁপি উঠি চলিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It signifies overwhelming cosmic authority—so great that even the Earth and its mountains respond physically—highlighting the Purāṇic theme of universal order upheld by supreme power.
By describing a mere toe-press causing the whole Earth to shake, Parāśara uses concrete, sensory imagery to communicate superhuman, world-governing potency within the cosmos.
Even when not named explicitly in the verse, the narrative style of the Vishnu Purana frames such world-shaking potency as belonging to the supreme reality that sustains and governs creation—central to Vaiṣṇava cosmology.