Shloka 107
सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
एवम् एतत् पदं विष्णोस् तृतीयम् अमलात्मकम् आधारभूतं लोकानां त्रयाणां वृष्टिकारणम्
evam etat padaṃ viṣṇos tṛtīyam amalātmakam ādhārabhūtaṃ lokānāṃ trayāṇāṃ vṛṣṭikāraṇam
Thus is this third station of Viṣṇu, pure in essence: the support of the three worlds and the very cause by which rain descends upon them.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The ‘third station’ (tṛtīya pada) of Viṣṇu as support of the three worlds and cause of rain
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Viṣṇu’s pure ‘third station’ is the foundational support of the three worlds and the causal basis for rainfall within them.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate nature’s sustaining cycles as grounded in the Lord’s governance, cultivating gratitude and dharmic living.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms Bhagavān as the world-support (ādhāra) and efficient cause, with cosmic functions proceeding through His ordinance.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse presents the “third pada” as Viṣṇu’s stainless, transcendent station that upholds the three worlds and governs essential cosmic functions like rainfall.
Parāśara links metaphysical purity (amalātmakam) with practical cosmic governance: Viṣṇu is not only the ultimate support of existence but also the causal ground for life-sustaining processes such as rain.
Viṣṇu is affirmed as the Supreme Reality whose very being becomes the support of the universe, integrating transcendence (pure abode) with immanence (cosmic causality).