Shloka 93
अर्जुनस्य अन्त्येष्टि, द्वारकाप्लावनम्, कलिप्रवेशः, कालोपदेशः
इत्य् एतत् तव मैत्रेय विस्तरेण मयोदितम् जातस्य यद् यदोर् वंशे वासुदेवस्य चेष्टितम्
ity etat tava maitreya vistareṇa mayoditam jātasya yad yador vaṃśe vāsudevasya ceṣṭitam
Thus, O Maitreya, I have described to you in full the sacred deeds of Vāsudeva—how, having been born in the lineage of Yadu, He enacted His divine exploits.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Narration of Vāsudeva’s deeds in the Yadu lineage (completion/closure of the Kṛṣṇa narrative).
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: He descends to lighten the earth’s burden and re-establish dharma while granting liberation through his līlā and upadeśa.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Protection of dharma through the defeat of oppressive powers and the establishment of righteous order
Concept: Bhagavān’s historical līlā—though enacted in a human lineage—is divine activity (ceṣṭita) worthy of śravaṇa and smaraṇa.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Regularly hear and recount Kṛṣṇa’s līlā with reverence, treating it as a means to steadiness of mind and devotion.
Vishishtadvaita: The transcendent Lord freely takes a real, auspicious birth in a real lineage while remaining Bhagavān—supporting embodied, immanent grace without negating transcendence.
Vamsha: Chandra
Key Kings: Yadu
Vishnu Form: Vasudeva
Bhakti Type: shanta
Vyuha Form: Vasudeva
FAQs
This verse highlights the Yadu lineage as the historical setting of Vāsudeva’s birth, anchoring the avatāra narrative within a sacred genealogy central to the Purana’s dynastic history.
Parāśara frames the account as a complete, detailed narration addressed directly to Maitreya, emphasizing the teacher–disciple transmission that structures the Vishnu Purana.
By naming Krishna as “Vāsudeva,” the verse underscores the Purana’s view that the Supreme Vishnu manifests as an avatāra, whose human-like actions are purposeful divine exploits (līlā) within cosmic sovereignty.