Shloka 11

विषप्रयोगः कृत्योत्पादनं च (प्रह्लादस्य अवध्यता, कृत्याविनाशः, पुरोहितानां रक्षणम्)

Devanagari script

जातस् त्रैलोक्यविख्यात आयुष्मन् ब्रह्मणः कुले दैत्यराजस्य तनयो हिरण्यकशिपोर् भवान्

Transliteration

jātas trailokyavikhyāta āyuṣman brahmaṇaḥ kule daityarājasya tanayo hiraṇyakaśipor bhavān

Translation

O long-lived one, renowned throughout the three worlds—you were born in Brahmā’s lineage, as the son of the Daitya king Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Word by Word

• जातः: born
• जातः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भवान्)

• त्रैलोक्य-विख्यात: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-विख्यात: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √ख्या)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: ‘त्रैलोक्ये विख्यातः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भवान्)

• आयुष्मन्: O long-lived one
• आयुष्मन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन-शब्द

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कुले: in the lineage/family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दैत्य-राजस्य: of the king of the Daityas
• दैत्य-राजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दैत्यानां राजा’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हिरण्यकशिपोः: of Hiraṇyakaśipu
• हिरण्यकशिपोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यकशिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थे सर्वनाम

Speaker

Likely a courtly or genealogical narrator-voice within Parasara’s narration (addressing Prahlada as ‘āyuṣman’), as transmitted by Sage Parasara to Maitreya

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Prahlāda’s devotion and the attempts to turn him away from Viṣṇu

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Teaching (Prahlada's schools)

Bhakti Quality: Unshaken identity beyond lineage-pride; devotion not determined by birth

Dynasty & Genealogy

Key Kings: Hiraṇyakaśipu, Brahmā, Marīci

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Daityas
• Hiranyakashipu
• Prahlada
• Three Worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the significance of calling Prahlada ‘famed in the three worlds’ in the Vishnu Purana?

It foreshadows Prahlada’s exemplary renown—not for political power, but for unwavering devotion that becomes celebrated across all realms.

How does Sage Parasara explain Daitya genealogy through Brahma’s lineage?

By situating Daityas within Brahmā’s broader progeny, the text frames even adversarial powers as part of the same cosmic order, governed ultimately by dharma and Vishnu’s supremacy.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Prahlada’s identity as Hiranyakashipu’s son sets a contrast where Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty is revealed through devotion that transcends birth, dynasty, and worldly dominion.