Shloka 29
श्रीकृष्ण-जन्म, वसुदेव-यमुनातरण, बालिका-उत्क्षेपः, देवी-प्रादुर्भावः
इत्य् उक्त्वा प्रययौ देवी दिव्यस्रग्गन्धभूषणा पश्यतो भोजराजस्य स्तुता सिद्धैर् विहायसा
ity uktvā prayayau devī divyasraggandhabhūṣaṇā paśyato bhojarājasya stutā siddhair vihāyasā
Having spoken thus, the Goddess—adorned with celestial garlands, fragrances, and ornaments—departed as the Bhoja king looked on; and as she moved through the sky, the Siddhas praised her.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s descent and the events surrounding his birth amid Kaṃsa’s persecution.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To remove the tyrant Kaṃsa and relieve the earth and the Yādavas from his oppression, enabling dharma to flourish.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Revelation of divine protection through Yogamāyā; affirmation that the avatāra’s mission proceeds unhindered.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
Their praise functions as a celestial validation of the event—Siddhas, as perfected beings, mark the episode as divinely sanctioned and not merely a courtly spectacle.
He frames them as public, witnessed moments (here, before the Bhoja king) that weave dharma and divine order into genealogy, showing that kingship operates under higher cosmic authority.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s worldview treats such divine manifestations as expressions within Vishnu’s supreme, ordering reality—events that reinforce cosmic sovereignty over earthly rule.