Shloka 61
कालियदमना: यमुनाशुद्धिः, करुणा-निग्रहः, स्तुति-तत्त्वम्
यस्माद् ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश् च चन्द्रेन्द्रमरुदश्विनः वसवश् च सहादित्यैस् तस्य स्तोष्यामि किं न्व् अहम्
yasmād brahmā ca rudraś ca candrendramarudaśvinaḥ vasavaś ca sahādityais tasya stoṣyāmi kiṃ nv aham
From Him arise Brahmā and Rudra; the Moon and Indra; the Maruts and the Aśvins; the Vasus together with the Ādityas—how can I, a mere being, praise Him as He deserves?
Sage Parāśara (narrating a stuti in the Parāśara–Maitreya dialogue)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Stuti establishing Vishnu as the causal source of Brahmā, Rudra, and the deva hosts, within Kṛṣṇa-centered narration.
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative and doxological
Creation Stage: Secondary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: He is praised as the source of the principal devas (Brahmā, Rudra, Indra, etc.), revealing the avatar as the supreme cause behind the cosmic administration.
Leela: Dharma-upadesa
Dharma Restored: Right theological order: the devas are dependent powers; ultimate worship belongs to Vishnu alone.
Concept: All cosmic authorities—including Brahmā and Rudra and the deva hosts—arise from Vishnu; therefore, he alone is the ultimate ground of worship and refuge.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Respect diverse divine functions while orienting ultimate reliance and surrender toward the Supreme Lord as the source of all powers.
Vishishtadvaita: The many devas are real yet dependent modes/servitors within the Lord’s ordered universe, supporting unity-with-difference under Nārāyaṇa.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It asserts Vishnu’s absolute sovereignty: even the highest gods and divine groups are portrayed as deriving their existence and power from Him.
By contrasting the vastness of Vishnu—source of all cosmic divinities—with his own smallness, Parāśara frames praise as sincere devotion rather than a complete description of the Infinite.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality and causal ground of the cosmos, with all deities functioning as dependent manifestations within His universal order.