Shloka 116

दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः

Devanagari script

त्वं सिद्धिस् त्वं स्वधा स्वाहा सुधा त्वं लोकपावनी संध्या रात्रिः प्रभा भूतिर् मेधा श्रद्धा सरस्वती

Transliteration

tvaṃ siddhis tvaṃ svadhā svāhā sudhā tvaṃ lokapāvanī saṃdhyā rātriḥ prabhā bhūtir medhā śraddhā sarasvatī

Translation

You are attainment itself; You are svadhā and svāhā, and You are sudhā, the nectar of immortality. You are the purifier of the worlds—twilight and night, radiance and prosperity; You are intelligence and faith, and You are Sarasvatī, the very power of sacred speech and knowledge.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तम-प्रत्ययवर्जित; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (2nd person pronoun)

• सिद्धिः: accomplishment, success
• सिद्धिः: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वधा: svadhā (ancestral oblation formula)
• स्वधा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering formula)
• स्वाहा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुधा: nectar, ambrosia
• सुधा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकपावनी: purifier of the worlds
• लोकपावनी: Predicate adjective (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + पावनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—लोकान् पावयति इति (purifier of the worlds)

• संध्या: twilight
• संध्या: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रात्रिः: night
• रात्रिः: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभा: radiance
• प्रभा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूतिः: prosperity, well-being
• भूतिः: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मेधा: intelligence
• मेधा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Lord Vishnu in a stuti, within the Parāśara–Maitreya dialogue)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Identification of Śrī with sacrificial and cosmic functions as part of stuti

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Śrī is hymned as the power manifesting as ritual formulas (svadhā/svāhā), nectar, time-junctures, radiance, prosperity, intellect, faith, and sacred speech—showing divinity permeating all functions of life and worship.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: See daily rhythms (sandhyā), study, and ritual as openings for gratitude to the divine śakti; cultivate śraddhā and medhā as sacred gifts.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s auspicious attributes are mediated through Śrī as immanent śakti, present as faculties (buddhi, śraddhā) within embodied beings.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri (fortune)

Antaryamin: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Sarasvati
• Svaha
• Svadhā

FAQs

What is the significance of svadhā and svāhā in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse declares that the very efficacy of offerings—svadhā for ancestral rites and svāhā for fire-sacrifice to the gods—ultimately rests in Vishnu, portraying Him as the inner power that makes ritual action spiritually fruitful.

How does Sage Parāśara explain Vishnu’s presence in daily cosmic order?

By identifying Vishnu with saṃdhyā (twilight), rātri (night), prabhā (radiance), and bhūti (prosperity), Parāśara frames time, illumination, and auspiciousness as expressions of the same Supreme Reality operating within the world.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

The verse advances a Vaishnava metaphysics where Vishnu is not merely a deity among others but the ground of all sacred functions—ritual formulas, immortality (sudhā), knowledge (Sarasvatī), and the virtues that sustain dharma (medhā, śraddhā).