Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

संपदैश्वर्यमाहात्म्यज्ञानसंततिकर्मणाम् विमुक्तेश् चैकतो लभ्यं मूलम् आराधनं हरेः

Transliteration

saṃpadaiśvaryamāhātmyajñānasaṃtatikarmaṇām vimukteś caikato labhyaṃ mūlam ārādhanaṃ hareḥ

Translation

Prosperity, sovereign power, true greatness, liberating knowledge, worthy progeny, the fruits of righteous action—and even final release: all of these are obtained together from a single root, the worship of Hari.

Word by Word

• संपद्: prosperities
• संपद्: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• ऐश्वर्य: lordship; power
• ऐश्वर्य: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• माहात्म्य: greatness; glory
• माहात्म्य: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• ज्ञान: knowledge
• ज्ञान: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• संतति: continuity; lineage
• संतति: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• कर्मणाम्: of actions/rites
• कर्मणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• विमुक्तेः: of liberation
• विमुक्तेः: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/पञ्चमी (6th/5th), एकवचन; ‘of/from liberation’ (context: along with liberation)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एकतः: from one source; together
• एकतः: Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (adverb) = ‘from one source/at once’

• लभ्यम्: obtainable
• लभ्यम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लभ् (धातु) → लभ्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थे य-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘obtainable’

• मूलम्: root; fundamental cause
• मूलम्: Karta/Predicate nominative (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आराधनम्: worship; propitiation
• आराधनम्: Apposition to मूलम् (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ+राध् (धातु) → आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक (action noun)

• हरेः: of Hari (Vishnu)
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All attainments—worldly prosperity, power, greatness, knowledge, progeny, merit, and even liberation—arise from one root: the worship of Hari.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Make daily Hari-ārādhana (japa, pūjā, kīrtana, service) the core practice, and let other goals become secondary outcomes rather than primary obsessions.

Vishishtadvaita: Hari is the single fountainhead of all fruits (aiśvarya and mokṣa), affirming the Lord as both upāya (means) and upeya (end); bhakti/surrender integrates worldly and transcendent goods under divine grace.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: dasya

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)

FAQs

What is the significance of worship (ārādhana) of Hari in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that Hari’s worship is the root-cause that yields every major human attainment—worldly prosperity and power as well as spiritual knowledge and moksha.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the relationship between karma, jñāna, and moksha here?

He presents devotion to Hari as the unifying source: righteous action and knowledge find their fulfillment and culminate in liberation through worship directed to Vishnu.

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

Vishnu (Hari) is portrayed as the supreme bestower whose grace governs both temporal sovereignty and the highest end—vimukti—supporting a strongly Vaishnava, Supreme-Reality framework.