Shloka 5
प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुमयता, विष्णोः दर्शनं, वरदानं, तथा चरितश्रवण-फलम्
भ्रान्तग्राहगणः सोर्मिर् ययौ क्षोभं महार्णवः चचाल च मही सर्वा सशैलवनकानना
bhrāntagrāhagaṇaḥ sormir yayau kṣobhaṃ mahārṇavaḥ cacāla ca mahī sarvā saśailavanakānanā
लहरों से उछलता महान समुद्र, जिसके ग्राह-समूह भ्रमित हो उठे, अत्यन्त क्षोभ को प्राप्त हुआ; और पर्वतों, वनों तथा काननों सहित समस्त पृथ्वी भी काँप उठी।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It signals a cosmic-scale disturbance where even the primordial waters and their creatures lose stability, illustrating how the universe’s order can be shaken during great transitions in creation and dissolution cycles.
Parāśara uses vivid natural imagery—roaring waves, confused sea-creatures, and a trembling earth—to convey that the disruption is universal, not local, and affects all layers of the world.
Even when nature appears chaotic, the Purāṇic worldview frames such upheavals within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty—cosmic order and its periodic disturbances ultimately remain within the Supreme Reality’s governance.