Shloka 10

वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation

Devanagari script

जनलोकगतैः सिद्धैः सनकाद्यैर् अभिष्टुतः प्रविवेश तदा तोयम् आत्माधारो धराधरः

Transliteration

janalokagataiḥ siddhaiḥ sanakādyair abhiṣṭutaḥ praviveśa tadā toyam ātmādhāro dharādharaḥ

Translation

Praised by the siddhas dwelling in Janaloka—Sanaka and the rest—He then entered the waters: the Bearer of the Earth, Himself the ground of all support.

Word by Word

• जनलोकगतैः: by the Siddhas who had gone to Janaloka
• जनलोकगतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनलोक + गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) सिद्धैः इति; समासः—जनलोक (tatpurusha) + गत (ppp used adjectivally)

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सनकाद्यैः: by Sanaka and others
• सनकाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—सनकादि (Sanaka and others)

• अभिष्टुतः: praised, lauded
• अभिष्टुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: praised)

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आत्माधारः: self-supported, having self as support
• आत्माधारः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—आत्मनः आधारः (support of himself / self-supported)

• धराधरः: supporter of the earth
• धराधरः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—धरां धरति इति (supporter of the earth)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Varaha

Purpose: He enters the primordial waters as Varāha to locate and raise up the submerged Earth.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Re-establishing the Earth as the support for embodied life and ritual order.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Even the siddhas of higher lokas extol the Lord, whose descent into the waters shows divine accessibility and supremacy over all supports.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Adopt humility in devotion: if siddhas praise, human seekers can also take refuge and praise amid instability and ‘flooded’ life-circumstances.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord is ātmādhāra—ground of all supports—yet acts within the cosmos, affirming real relation between God and world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Sanaka
• Janaloka
• Vishnu (implied as dharādhara)

FAQs

What is the significance of Janaloka and the Siddhas in the Vishnu Purana?

Janaloka represents a higher realm of spiritually accomplished beings; their praise underscores that Vishnu’s creative acts are recognized and affirmed by the most purified intelligences of the cosmos.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Lord as ātmādhāra (self-supported)?

By calling Him ātmādhāra, Parāśara presents Vishnu as not dependent on any external substratum—He is the ultimate basis upon which waters, worlds, and all supports themselves rest.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu entering the waters in this context?

It signals Vishnu’s sovereign immanence in creation: the Supreme Reality freely pervades and orders the primordial elements while remaining the transcendent supporter (dharādhara) of the entire cosmos.