Shloka 2

भार्गवसर्गः, ऋषिवंशाः, वह्नयः (अग्निवंशः), पितृसृष्टिः

Devanagari script

भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुत्पन्ना लक्ष्मीर् विष्णुपरिग्रहः तथा धातृविधातारौ ख्यात्यां जातौ सुतौ भृगोः

Transliteration

bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannā lakṣmīr viṣṇuparigrahaḥ tathā dhātṛvidhātārau khyātyāṃ jātau sutau bhṛgoḥ

Translation

From Bhṛgu, through (his wife) Khyāti, was born Lakṣmī—she who is the divine consort of Lord Viṣṇu. From Khyāti also were born Bhṛgu’s two sons, Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ.

Word by Word

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ख्यात्याम्: in (from) Khyāti
• ख्यात्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समुत्पन्ना: was born / arose
• समुत्पन्ना: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विष्णुपरिग्रहः: consort of Viṣṇu
• विष्णुपरिग्रहः: Apposition (Viśeṣya/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः परिग्रहः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Discourse marker (Connection/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वय (and likewise)

• धातृविधातारौ: Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ
• धातृविधातारौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ + विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (धातृ च विधाता च)

• ख्यात्याम्: in Khyāti
• ख्यात्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• जातौ: were born
• जातौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• सुतौ: two sons
• सुतौ: Apposition (Viśeṣya/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Restated account of Bhṛgu’s line: Lakṣmī as Bhṛgu-Khyāti’s daughter, and Dhātṛ/Vidhātṛ as sons

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Lakṣmī is affirmed as Viṣṇu’s inseparable consort while Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ represent sustaining and apportioning functions within cosmic order.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Contemplate prosperity (śrī) as aligned with order (ṛta/dharma): cultivate disciplined stewardship of resources and duties rather than randomness or greed.

Vishishtadvaita: Śrī is presented as Viṣṇu-parigraha (inseparably ‘belonging to’/consort of Viṣṇu), supporting the Śrī–Nārāyaṇa unity central to later Viśiṣṭādvaita devotion.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Khyāti
• Lakṣmī
• Viṣṇu
• Dhātṛ
• Vidhātṛ

FAQs

What is the significance of Lakṣmī being born from Khyāti in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse anchors Lakṣmī within the early creation-genealogies and identifies her as Viṣṇu’s divinely accepted consort, emphasizing that prosperity, sovereignty, and auspiciousness are inseparable from Viṣṇu’s supreme order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic order through Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ?

By placing Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ among Bhṛgu’s offspring, Parāśara frames cosmic function—upholding and distributing the world’s arrangements—as arising within sacred lineages that ultimately operate under Viṣṇu’s governance.

The theological importance of Lord Viṣṇu in this context?

Viṣṇu is presented as the sovereign center of creation’s harmony: Lakṣmī’s identity as his consort indicates that auspicious power and the world’s stability culminate in, and are directed by, Viṣṇu.