Shloka 58
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
ततः पुनः ससर्जादौ स कल्पस्य पितामहः यक्षान् पिशाचान् गन्धर्वान् तथैवाप्सरसां गणान्
tataḥ punaḥ sasarjādau sa kalpasya pitāmahaḥ yakṣān piśācān gandharvān tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇān
Dann, zu Beginn der Schöpfung, erschuf jener Großvater des Kalpa (Brahmā) der Reihe nach Yakṣas, Piśācas, Gandharvas und ebenso die Scharen der Apsaras.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse places them within the structured categories of created beings, showing that even semi-divine and liminal classes arise as part of an ordered cosmic manifestation, not by chance.
By using “punaḥ” (again) and “kalpasya” (of the kalpa), Parāśara frames creation as cyclical—repeated at the start of each aeon—where Brahmā re-manifests classes of beings in sequence.
Though Brahmā is named as creator, the Vishnu Purana’s theology treats such creation as functioning within Viṣṇu’s supreme order—Viṣṇu as the ultimate ground enabling the cosmos and its recurring cycles.