Shloka 17

बलरामस्य वारुणी-प्रसङ्गः, यमुनाकर्षणम्, लक्ष्मी-प्रदत्त-विभूषणम्, रेवती-विवाहः

Devanagari script

कृतावतंसः स तदा चारुकुण्डलभूषितः नीलाम्बरधरः स्रग्वी शुशुभे कान्तिसंयुतः

Transliteration

kṛtāvataṃsaḥ sa tadā cārukuṇḍalabhūṣitaḥ nīlāmbaradharaḥ sragvī śuśubhe kāntisaṃyutaḥ

Translation

Then he shone in radiant splendor—his head adorned, his ears graced with lovely earrings; clad in blue raiment and wearing a garland, he blazed with enchanting divine brilliance.

Word by Word

• कृतावतंसः: wearing a head-ornament
• कृतावतंसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ करण) + अवतंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘having made/put on an ornament (avatamsa)’

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• चारुकुण्डलभूषितः: adorned with lovely earrings
• चारुकुण्डलभूषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त; √भूष अलङ्कारे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘adorned with beautiful earrings’

• नीलाम्बरधरः: wearing blue clothes
• नीलाम्बरधरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त; √धृ धारणे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘wearing blue garments’

• स्रग्वी: garlanded
• स्रग्वी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रज्/स्रग् (प्रातिपदिक) + विन् (तद्धित; -विन् ‘possessing’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त — ‘garlanded’

• शुशुभे: shone
• शुशुभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुभ् (धातु; शुभँ दीप्तौ)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष-भूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘shone/appeared splendid’

• कान्तिसंयुतः: endowed with brilliance
• कान्तिसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् योगे with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘endowed with radiance’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Continuation of Balarama’s honored stay and appearance

Teaching: Historical

Quality: descriptive, authoritative

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Vyuha Form: Sankarshana

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Krishna

FAQs

What is the significance of Krishna’s blue garment and garland in the Vishnu Purana?

They function as auspicious identifiers of Bhagavan’s divine form—signaling sovereignty, transcendental beauty, and the Lord’s approachable presence for devotion.

How does Sage Parashara explain the Lord’s divinity through description rather than argument?

By detailing the Lord’s luminous, ornamented form, Parashara conveys divinity as a directly perceivable reality—Bhagavan’s majesty is shown through unmistakable auspicious marks.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Krishna’s splendor is presented as the manifestation of Vishnu’s supreme nature—beauty, radiance, and lordship are not decorative extras but expressions of the highest reality.