Shloka 28

प्रलय-त्रिविध-विभागः एवं प्राकृतप्रलय-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

ततस् तापपरीतास् तु लोकद्वयनिवासिनः कृताधिकारा गच्छन्ति महर्लोकं महामुने

Transliteration

tatas tāpaparītās tu lokadvayanivāsinaḥ kṛtādhikārā gacchanti maharlokaṃ mahāmune

Translation

Then, O great sage, the dwellers of the two worlds, scorched by that torment, having duly fulfilled the required rites and gained the proper qualification, depart and ascend to Maharloka.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (then/from there)

• तापपरीताः: overcome by heat
• तापपरीताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप + परीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लोकद्वयनिवासिनः); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तापेन परीताः)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• लोकद्वयनिवासिनः: the dwellers of the two worlds
• लोकद्वयनिवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + द्वय + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकद्वये निवासिनः)

• कृताधिकारा: having completed their rites/qualifications
• कृताधिकारा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + अधिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लोकद्वयनिवासिनः); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (कृतः अधिकारः येषाम्)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• महर्लोकम्: to Maharloka
• महर्लोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महः + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महः लोकः)

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Case 8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Who survives the lower-world conflagration and where the qualified beings go

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: compassionate

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Those who have fulfilled prescribed duties and gained eligibility ascend from the threatened lower worlds to Maharloka during dissolution.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Perform one’s dharma with steadiness and cultivate inner qualification (adhikāra) through discipline and devotion.

Vishishtadvaita: Adhikāra and grace-governed ascent reflect the Lord’s ordered governance of karmic outcomes within a purposeful cosmos.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Maharloka
• Lokadvaya (the two worlds)
• Sage Maitreya
• Sage Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of Maharloka in the Vishnu Purana?

Maharloka is presented as a higher cosmic realm attained by qualified beings; it represents an ascent beyond lower, distress-filled states into a more refined plane of existence.

How does Sage Parāśara explain eligibility (adhikāra) for higher worlds here?

He indicates that ascent is not random: beings “become qualified” through completed duties—rites, discipline, and merit—after which they proceed to a higher loka such as Maharloka.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the cosmological order and moral causality governing movement among lokas are understood in the Purana as operating under Vishnu’s sovereign, sustaining reality.