Shloka 46
देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्
एकस् त्वम् अग्र्यं परमं पदं यत् पश्यन्ति त्वां सूरयो ज्ञानदृश्यम् त्वत्तो नान्यत् किंचिद् अस्ति स्वरूपं यद् वा भूतं यच् च भव्यं परात्मन्
ekas tvam agryaṃ paramaṃ padaṃ yat paśyanti tvāṃ sūrayo jñānadṛśyam tvatto nānyat kiṃcid asti svarūpaṃ yad vā bhūtaṃ yac ca bhavyaṃ parātman
You alone are the Supreme—the foremost, the highest state—beheld by the seers as the very object of true knowledge. Apart from You there exists nothing whatsoever as an independent reality: whatever has been, and whatever is yet to be, is only Your own essential nature, O Supreme Self.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; invocatory/theological exposition of the Supreme Lord)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Krishna’s supreme nature as the highest reality, known by the seers, and the non-independence of all that exists from Him.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Vishnu alone is the supreme object of knowledge, and all past and future existence is not independent of Him but rests in His essential nature.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Contemplate all experiences as dependent on the Lord and cultivate steady God-centered discernment in study and meditation.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord as the sole independent reality (svatantra) while all entities and times are His modes/attributes (prakāras), grounding qualified non-dualism.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
In this verse it denotes the highest reality/abode—Vishnu Himself—realized by enlightened seers as the ultimate goal and ground of existence.
He states that apart from the Lord there is no separate, self-standing essence; whatever existed in the past and whatever will exist in the future is encompassed within the Lord’s own svarūpa (essential nature).
Vishnu is affirmed as Parātman and the supreme object of knowledge—establishing His absolute sovereignty and primacy before the Purana proceeds to creation and cosmic order.