Shloka 7

द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः

Devanagari script

शैलान् उत्पाट्य तोयेषु मुमोचाम्बुनिधौ तथा पुनश् चार्णवमध्यस्थः क्षोभयाम् आस सागरम्

Transliteration

śailān utpāṭya toyeṣu mumocāmbunidhau tathā punaś cārṇavamadhyasthaḥ kṣobhayām āsa sāgaram

Translation

Tearing up mountains, he cast them into the waters of the ocean; and then, standing once more in the midst of the sea, he set the great ocean into agitation.

Word by Word

• शैलान्: mountains
• शैलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted
• उत्पाट्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पाटय् (धातु √पट्/पाटय्, णिच्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having uprooted’; उपसर्ग ‘उत्’

• तोयेषु: in the waters
• तोयेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• मुमोच: released/let loose
• मुमोच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु √मुच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect)

• अम्बु-निधौ: in the ocean (treasury of waters)
• अम्बु-निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अम्बूनां निधिः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; locative

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus/likewise’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again’

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

• अर्णव-मध्य-स्थः: standing in the middle of the ocean
• अर्णव-मध्य-स्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अर्णवस्य मध्ये स्थितः’ इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• क्षोभयाम्: caused to churn/agitate
• क्षोभयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षोभय् (धातु √क्षुभ्, णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिप्रास), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

• आस: did/was (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु √अस्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सहायकक्रिया (periphrastic perfect auxiliary)

• सागरम्: the sea
• सागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (Sāgara/Arṇava)
• Mountains (Śaila)

FAQs

What is the significance of churning/agitating the ocean in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents the deliberate stirring of the cosmic ocean as a necessary act that enables the emergence of divine treasures and restores balance in the universe.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the process behind the ocean’s agitation?

Parāśara narrates it as a purposeful sequence of actions—uprooting mountains and casting them into the sea—culminating in the ocean being made turbulent to bring about a destined cosmic outcome.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the narrative frame treats such world-ordering events as governed by the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose will sustains and directs cosmic processes.