Shloka 92
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
सैषा धात्री विधात्री च धारिणी पोषणी तथा सर्वस्य जगतः पृथ्वी विष्णुपादतलोद्भवा
saiṣā dhātrī vidhātrī ca dhāriṇī poṣaṇī tathā sarvasya jagataḥ pṛthvī viṣṇupādatalodbhavā
वह पृथ्वी धात्री और विधात्री है; वह धारिणी और पोषिणी भी है। समस्त जगत् की यह भूमि भगवान् विष्णु के चरणतल से उद्भूत हुई।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
It frames Pṛthvī as a living cosmic function—supporting and nourishing all beings—so the world’s stability is seen as an ordered, sacred principle rather than a mere physical fact.
Parāśara states that the Earth is viṣṇupāda-talodbhavā—arisen from the sole of Viṣṇu’s foot—linking her existence directly to Viṣṇu as the supreme ground of manifestation.
Viṣṇu is presented as the ultimate source and authority behind cosmic support and nourishment, reinforcing a Vaiṣṇava view where preservation and order flow from the Supreme Reality.