Shloka 79

अर्जुनस्य अन्त्येष्टि, द्वारकाप्लावनम्, कलिप्रवेशः, कालोपदेशः

Devanagari script

एवं भविष्यतीत्य् उक्त्वा उत्ततार जलान् मुनिः तम् उत्तीर्णं च ददृशुर् विरूपं वक्रम् अष्टधा

Transliteration

evaṃ bhaviṣyatīty uktvā uttatāra jalān muniḥ tam uttīrṇaṃ ca dadṛśur virūpaṃ vakram aṣṭadhā

Translation

Disant : «Ainsi en sera-t-il», le sage sortit des eaux ; et lorsqu’il eut émergé, ceux qui étaient là le virent transformé, difforme, courbé de travers, et comme déployé en huit manifestations.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

भविष्यतिit will be

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

उत्ततारcrossed over / emerged

जलान्the waters

मुनिःthe sage

तम्him

उत्तीर्णम्having come out / crossed over

चand

ददृशुःthey saw

विरूपम्ugly / deformed

वक्रम्crooked

अष्टधाin eightfold manner

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Sage (muni)

FAQs

What is the significance of the sage emerging from water in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It signals a decisive transition—after pronouncing a sure outcome, the sage’s act of rising from the waters marks the event as ordained and publicly witnessed, not merely predicted.

How does Sage Parāśara explain transformation and altered forms in Purāṇic narration?

Through concrete, visible changes (virūpa, vakra) that externalize inner forces—boons, curses, austerity, or cosmic law—so the audience recognizes dharma’s consequences unfolding in the world.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the verse reflects the Purāṇic premise that outcomes and transformations occur within a divinely governed order—ultimately under Vishnu’s supreme regulation of the cosmos.