Shloka 11

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

दुरात्मा क्षिप्यताम् अस्मात् प्रासादाच् छतयोजनात् गिरिपृष्ठे पतत्व् अस्मिञ् शिलाभिन्नाङ्गसंहतिः

Transliteration

durātmā kṣipyatām asmāt prāsādāc chatayojanāt giripṛṣṭhe patatv asmiñ śilābhinnāṅgasaṃhatiḥ

Translation

“এই দুরাত্মাকে শত যোজন উচ্চ এই প্রাসাদ থেকে নিক্ষেপ করো। সে এই পর্বতপৃষ্ঠে পতিত হোক, এবং শিলাখণ্ডের আঘাতে তার দেহ চূর্ণ-বিচূর্ণ হয়ে যাক।”

Word by Word

दुरात्माthe wicked one/evil-souled (person)

क्षिप्यताम्let (him) be thrown

अस्मात्from this

प्रासादात्from the palace

शतयोजनात्from (a height of) a hundred yojanas

गिरिपृष्ठेon the mountain-back/slope

पततुlet (him) fall

अस्मिन्on/in this

शिलाभिन्नाङ्गसंहतिःone whose bodily frame is shattered by rocks

Speaker

A king or royal authority issuing an order (as narrated by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

A king (unnamed in this verse)

The condemned wicked person (durātmā)

FAQs

What is the significance of royal punishment in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames kingship as a dharmic office where the ruler enforces moral order (danda) against adharma, making sovereignty a practical mechanism for maintaining societal balance.

How does Sage Parashara present the role of a king in such episodes?

Through narrative commands like this, Parāśara depicts the king as an agent of order whose decisions shape the ethical and karmic texture of the dynasty being described.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s dynastic histories assume a Vishnu-governed cosmos where dharma and its enforcement ultimately serve the preservation of universal order under the Supreme Reality.