Shloka 58
उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)
कव्यं यः पितृरूपधृग् विधिहुतं हव्यं च भुङ्क्ते विभुर् देवत्वे भगवान् अनादिनिधनः स्वाहास्वधासंज्ञितः यस्मिन् ब्रह्मणि सर्वशक्तिनिलये मानानि नो मानिनां निष्ठायै प्रभवन्ति हन्ति कलुषं श्रोत्रं स यातो हरिः
kavyaṃ yaḥ pitṛrūpadhṛg vidhihutaṃ havyaṃ ca bhuṅkte vibhur devatve bhagavān anādinidhanaḥ svāhāsvadhāsaṃjñitaḥ yasmin brahmaṇi sarvaśaktinilaye mānāni no mānināṃ niṣṭhāyai prabhavanti hanti kaluṣaṃ śrotraṃ sa yāto hariḥ
He is the all-pervading Lord who, taking the very form of the Pitṛs, partakes of the kavya-offerings; and who, as the deity, receives the havya poured according to sacred rule—known in the rites as “svadhā” and “svāhā,” the Blessed One without beginning or end. In that Brahman, the refuge of every power, the proud find no footing for their self-importance; rather, steadfastness is born in those who seek true establishment. Hearing of Him destroys impurity: thus has Hari been declared.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Hari as recipient of havya/kavya through svāhā/svadhā; Brahman as sarva-śakti-nilaya; humility and purification by hearing
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Hari, beginningless and endless, receives both havya and kavya by assuming the forms of deities and Pitṛs (svāhā/svadhā), being the Brahman refuge of all powers; hearing of Him destroys impurity and undermines pride.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Perform duties and rites (or daily offerings) with the understanding that the one recipient is Hari; cultivate humility and regular śravaṇa to cleanse inner impurities.
Vishishtadvaita: Presents the Supreme as the single inner recipient across diverse ritual addresses, supporting unity-in-diversity: many deva/pitṛ forms as modes of the one Nārāyaṇa.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse identifies svāhā (for devas) and svadhā (for Pitṛs) as ritual names through which the one Lord Hari is approached—implying that all sacrificial recipients are ultimately Vishnu.
Parāśara states that the same all-pervading Lord accepts havya as the deity and kavya by assuming the form of the Pitṛs, presenting a single Supreme Reality functioning through multiple ritual roles.
Vishnu is affirmed as beginningless, endless Brahman and the abode of all powers; devotion formed through hearing of Him purifies and stabilizes the seeker, while pride finds no footing in that Supreme.