Shloka 18

पारिजातहरणम्, द्वारकाप्रवेशः, षोडशसहस्रविवाहः

Pārijāta, Return to Dvārakā, and the Lord’s Many Forms

Devanagari script

निशासु च जगत्स्रष्टा तासां गेहेषु केशवः उवास विप्र सर्वासां विश्वरूपधरो हरिः

Transliteration

niśāsu ca jagatsraṣṭā tāsāṃ geheṣu keśavaḥ uvāsa vipra sarvāsāṃ viśvarūpadharo hariḥ

Translation

And at night, O brāhmaṇa, Keśava—the Creator of the worlds—dwelt within the homes of them all; for Hari, bearing the form of the universe, pervades everywhere and yet remains the Supreme.

Word by Word

• निशासु: in the nights
• निशासु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• जगत्स्रष्टा: creator of the world
• जगत्स्रष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्+स्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक; जगत्+स्रष्टा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'creator of the world'

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• गेहेषु: in (their) houses
• गेहेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह/गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• केशवः: Keshava
• केशवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवास: dwelt/stayed
• उवास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विप्र: O brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तासाम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• विश्वरूपधरः: bearer of universal forms
• विश्वरूपधरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व+रूप+धर (प्रातिपदिक; विश्वरूप+धर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'bearer of universal forms'

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Krishna’s omnipresence and ‘viśvarūpa’ despite localized domestic residence

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Krishna demonstrates His all-pervading sovereignty by dwelling simultaneously in all homes, revealing the universal form within a human līlā.

Leela: Adbhuta

Dharma Restored: Recognition of the Supreme’s lordship even within domestic life; sanctification of household as a sphere of divine presence

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Hari, as jagat-sraṣṭṛ and viśvarūpa, pervades all abodes while remaining the Supreme beyond limitation.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice seeing the divine presence pervading daily spaces—home, work, relationships—through remembrance and reverent conduct.

Vishishtadvaita: Clear qualified non-dualism: the universe is the Lord’s body (viśvarūpa), yet He remains the transcendent ruler (śarīrī) who pervades all as antaryāmin.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Antaryamin: Yes

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu dwelling in every home in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Hari as viśvarūpa and all-pervading—present in every place while remaining the sovereign creator—grounding devotion in the idea that God is both near (immanent) and supreme (transcendent).

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine omnipresence here?

By calling Vishnu both jagat-sraṣṭā and viśvarūpa-dhara, Parāśara frames omnipresence not as metaphor but as a theological claim: the universe is pervaded and sustained by the same Supreme Person.

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

Vishnu is affirmed as the Supreme Reality who can be simultaneously one and present everywhere—supporting a personal, sovereign God who indwells creation without being limited by it.