Shloka 58
देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्
एते वयं वृत्ररिपुस् तथायं नासत्यदस्रौ वरुणस् तथैषः इमे च रुद्रा वसवः ससूर्याः समीरणाग्निप्रमुखास् तथान्ये
ete vayaṃ vṛtraripus tathāyaṃ nāsatyadasrau varuṇas tathaiṣaḥ ime ca rudrā vasavaḥ sasūryāḥ samīraṇāgnipramukhās tathānye
“These are we; and this one is Vṛtra’s slayer (Indra). Here too are the Nāsātyas and Dasras (the Aśvins), and this is Varuṇa. These are the Rudras, the Vasus, and the Sun as well; and likewise the others—foremost among them Vāyu and Agni.”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Identification of the assembled devas participating in the supplication for Earth’s relief
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Dasya
FAQs
It situates the familiar Vedic gods as coordinated cosmic powers—an ordered divine administration—within a larger metaphysical framework where ultimate sovereignty is not fragmented but grounded in the Supreme Principle.
By enumerating key deities and elemental forces (like Vāyu and Agni), he presents the universe as maintained through distinct divine offices and functions, implying a structured cosmic order rather than independent, competing divinities.
Even when many gods are named, the Purāṇic intent is to read their powers as dependent expressions of the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who underlies and harmonizes all divine functions in creation and governance.