Shloka 6
द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः
ददाह चपलो देशान् पुरग्रामान्तराणि च क्वचिच् च पर्वताक्षेपैर् ग्रामादीन् समचूर्णयत्
dadāha capalo deśān puragrāmāntarāṇi ca kvacic ca parvatākṣepair grāmādīn samacūrṇayat
Restless and unsteady, he burned through regions—cities and villages alike; and in some places, hurling mountains like missiles, he crushed villages and all around them into dust.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
They signal the fragility of worldly power—cities and villages can be erased in moments—reminding readers that sovereignty ultimately rests under cosmic law and time, which the Purana frames within Vishnu’s overarching order.
He presents it as narrative evidence that kingdoms rise and fall under forces beyond human control, using vivid imagery (burning regions, mountains hurled) to underscore that historical lineage unfolds within a larger, divinely-governed cosmic framework.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s viewpoint treats such upheavals as occurring under the supreme regulation of the Absolute—Vishnu as the ground of order—before whom transient political and material structures cannot endure.