Shloka 23

सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः

Devanagari script

ततो ऽर्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः

Transliteration

tato 'rvāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ

Translation

ત્યારબાદ અધઃપ્રવાહ ધરાવનારાઓનો સર્ગ આવે છે; તે સાતમો સર્ગ છે અને એ જ માનુષ (માનવ) સર્ગ તરીકે સ્મરાય છે.

Word by Word

ततःthereafter

अर्वाक्स्रोतसाम्of the downward-streaming (beings)

सर्गःcreation

सप्तमःseventh

सःthat

तुindeed

मानुषःhuman

Speaker

Sage Parāśara

Characters & Entities

Humans (Mānuṣa)

Arvāksrotas (downward-flowing beings)

FAQs

What is the significance of the term Arvāksrotas in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, Arvāksrotas identifies the class of beings whose vital orientation is described as “downward-flowing,” specifically indicating the human creation as the seventh sarga.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the sequence of creation (sarga) here?

Parāśara places humanity within a structured, enumerated cosmology: after earlier creations, he states that the seventh creation is the human (mānuṣa) order, showing a deliberate taxonomy of beings.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames all sarga as unfolding under the supreme ordering principle of Vishnu—creation is not random, but an intelligible cosmic arrangement grounded in the Highest Reality.