Shloka 42

मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्

Devanagari script

एवं सर्वशरीरेषु भगवान् भूतभावनः संस्थितः कुरुते विष्णुर् उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंयमान्

Transliteration

evaṃ sarvaśarīreṣu bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ saṃsthitaḥ kurute viṣṇur utpattisthitisaṃyamān

Translation

Thus, abiding within every body as the Blessed Lord—the source and nourisher of all beings—Viṣṇu brings about the threefold governance: origination, continuance, and withdrawal into restraint.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb ‘thus’)

• sarva-śarīreṣu: in all bodies
• sarva-śarīreṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + śarīra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (neut. loc. pl.; ‘in all bodies’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• bhūta-bhāvanaḥ: creator/nurturer of beings
• bhūta-bhāvanaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (masc. nom. sg.; ‘nourisher/producer of beings’)

• saṃsthitaḥ: being established, abiding
• saṃsthitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate-participle/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (स्था/धातु) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (PPP; masc. nom. sg.; ‘being situated’)

• kurute: does, performs
• kurute: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ/धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• viṣṇuḥ: Vishnu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• utpatti-sthiti-saṃyamān: creation, preservation, and restraint (dissolution/control)
• utpatti-sthiti-saṃyamān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti + sthiti + saṃyama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (masc. acc. pl.; ‘creation, maintenance, and restraint/dissolution’)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Viṣṇu as indwelling Lord in all bodies governing creation, maintenance, and restraint (withdrawal).

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: compassionate

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Viṣṇu, the Blessed source of beings, abides within all bodies as the indwelling ruler and administers origination, continuance, and withdrawal.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice remembrance (smaraṇa) and ethical restraint by treating every being as a temple of the Antaryāmin.

Vishishtadvaita: Strong Antaryāmin doctrine: the Lord is immanent in all selves and bodies while remaining Bhagavān—supporting the ‘body-soul’ relation central to Viśiṣṭādvaita.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari (name)

Bhakti Type: Shanta (peaceful)

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu being present in all bodies in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as the indwelling Lord (inner ruler) of every embodied being, grounding cosmic order in divine immanence rather than a merely mechanical universe.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation, preservation, and dissolution here?

Parāśara states that Vishnu, while abiding within all bodies, performs the universal functions of origination (utpatti), continuance (sthiti), and withdrawal/restraint (saṃyama), making these processes expressions of one sovereign reality.

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

Vishnu is affirmed as Bhagavān—the supreme, all-pervading cause—whose presence within beings and governance of cosmic cycles supports core Vaishnava metaphysics emphasized by later Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita readings.