Shloka 13

उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)

Devanagari script

सर्गश् च प्रतिसर्गश् च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च वंशानुचरितं कृत्स्नं मयात्र तव कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

sargaś ca pratisargaś ca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca vaṃśānucaritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ mayātra tava kīrtitam

Translation

Creation and re-creation; the lines of descent; the successive Manvantaras; and the complete chronicles of the dynasties—of all these I have spoken here to you in full.

Word by Word

• सर्गः: creation
• सर्गः: Karta (Subject/Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रतिसर्गः: re-creation
• प्रतिसर्गः: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग) + सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• वंशः: lineage
• वंशः: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मन्वन्तराणि: Manvantaras
• मन्वन्तराणि: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मन्वन्तर = 'period of a Manu'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• वंशानुचरितम्: chronicle of dynasties
• वंशानुचरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुचरित (कृदन्त-निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वंशानाम् अनुचरितम् = 'account of lineages'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्स्नम्: entire
• कृत्स्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here / in this (text)
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तव: to you / for you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कीर्तितम्: has been described
• कीर्तितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Recapitulation of the Purāṇa’s contents (pañcalakṣaṇa) as the teaching concludes

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: A Purāṇa is characterized by orderly exposition of creation, re-creation, dynastic lineages, Manvantaras, and royal chronicles.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Study the text with this map: read cosmology, then Manu-cycles, then genealogies, so doctrine and history mutually illuminate dharma.

Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic process and historical order are presented as real modes under the Lord’s governance, integrating transcendence with immanent administration.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Pratisarga
• Vaṃśa

FAQs

What is the significance of the pañca-lakṣaṇa (five marks) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse explicitly lists the five defining topics—creation, re-creation, lineages, Manvantara cycles, and dynastic histories—showing what a Purāṇa must cover and how the Vishnu Purana is organized.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Manvantara cycle in this context?

He presents Manvantaras as one of the core structural themes of the Purāṇa—successive epochs governed by different Manus—integrated with creation and dynastic history to map cosmic time and order.

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

By framing creation, cyclical renewal, and the regulation of time and kingship as coherent and teachable themes, the text implies an overarching sovereign principle—Vishnu—under whose order these cosmic and historical cycles are intelligible.