Shloka 6
ऋभु–निदाघ-संवादः—अद्वैत-उपदेशः, समता, वासुदेव-स्वरूप-एकत्वम्
देविकायास् तटे वीरनगरं नाम वै पुरम् समृद्धम् अतिरम्यं च पुलस्त्येन निवेशितम्
devikāyās taṭe vīranagaraṃ nāma vai puram samṛddham atiramyaṃ ca pulastyena niveśitam
Upon the bank of the Devikā river stood a city called Vīranagara—prosperous and exceedingly delightful—established there by the sage Pulastya.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Setting the locale for Ṛbhu–Nidāgha instruction (Vīranagara on Devikā)
Teaching: Historical
Quality: descriptive
FAQs
This verse frames a riverbank settlement as part of a divinely ordered landscape, where places founded by great ṛṣis become anchors of dharma, memory, and pilgrimage within Vishnu’s cosmic governance.
In the descriptive chapters, Parāśara presents ṛṣis as culture-founders: they establish cities and sacred sites, embedding spiritual authority into the physical terrain and linking human society to the cosmic order.
Even in geographic narration, the Purāṇa implies that the stability and prosperity of the world—its rivers, cities, and righteous foundations—operate within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty as the sustaining Supreme Reality.