Shloka 2
मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः
देवादीनां तथा सृष्टिर् ऋषीणां चापि वर्णिता चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य चोत्पत्तिस् तिर्यग्योनिगतस्य च
devādīnāṃ tathā sṛṣṭir ṛṣīṇāṃ cāpi varṇitā cāturvarṇyasya cotpattis tiryagyonigatasya ca
দেৱাদি সত্তাৰ সৃষ্টি, ঋষিসকলৰ উৎপত্তি, চাতুৰ্বৰ্ণ্যৰ উদ্ভৱ আৰু তিৰ্যক্-যোনিত জন্ম লোৱা প্ৰাণীৰ উৎপত্তিও বৰ্ণিত হৈছে।
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
It frames creation as a graded, ordered cosmos—spanning divine, sage, human-social, and animal realms—showing dharma as woven into the very structure of existence.
He treats it as part of the broader creative arrangement—an instituted order within the human realm—presented alongside other created classes to emphasize a cosmic, not merely social, origin.
The verse functions as a summary of ordered creation; in the Vishnu Purana’s theology, such comprehensive cosmic order ultimately rests on Vishnu as the supreme sustaining reality behind all categories of beings.