Shloka 58
प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)
मृतस्य च पुनर् जन्म भवत्य् एतच् च नान्यथा आगमो ऽयं तथा तच् च नोपादानं विनोद्भवः
mṛtasya ca punar janma bhavaty etac ca nānyathā āgamo 'yaṃ tathā tac ca nopādānaṃ vinodbhavaḥ
For one who has died, there is indeed birth again—this is so and cannot be otherwise. Such is the authoritative teaching handed down; and likewise, nothing comes into manifestation without a material basis (upādāna).
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Establishing rebirth and the principle of causality (nothing manifests without upādāna) as śāstra-pramāṇa
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing and authoritative
Concept: Rebirth follows death according to authoritative teaching, and manifestation requires a material basis (upādāna), implying lawful causality in saṃsāra and creation.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Reflect on cause-and-effect in choices (karma) and cultivate responsibility, ethics, and long-term spiritual priorities.
Vishishtadvaita: By affirming upādāna, the Purāṇa supports Viṣṇu as jagat-kāraṇa: the universe is a real transformation of His śakti/body (not an illusory appearance).
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It states rebirth after death as an unavoidable law, affirmed by āgama (scriptural tradition), indicating the continuity of samsāra under karma.
He adds a metaphysical rule: nothing originates without upādāna (a material basis), reinforcing that effects arise from causes rather than appearing from nothing.
Even when the verse speaks in general metaphysical terms, the Vishnu Purana frames such universal laws as operating under the supreme sovereignty of Vishnu—the sustaining ground of order and causality.