Shloka 30

प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

यतः प्रधानपुरुषौ यतश् चैतच् चराचरम् कारणं सकलस्यास्य स नो विष्णुः प्रसीदतु

Transliteration

yataḥ pradhānapuruṣau yataś caitac carācaram kāraṇaṃ sakalasyāsya sa no viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu

Translation

Dari siapa Pradhana (Alam Semesta) dan Purusha (Jiwa) berasal, dan dari siapa seluruh alam semesta yang bergerak dan tidak bergerak ini muncul—Dia yang menjadi penyebab semua ini: semoga Tuhan Wisnu melimpahkan karunia-Nya kepada kita.

Word by Word

• यतः: from which; whence
• यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे) = indeclinable, expressing source/causal relation “from which/wherefrom”

• प्रधानपुरुषौ: Pradhāna and Puruṣa (the two principles)
• प्रधानपुरुषौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (प्रधानश्च पुरुषश्च) = masculine nominative dual

• यतः: from which
• यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे) = indeclinable, “from which”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this (universe)
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = neuter nominative singular pronoun

• चराचरम्: moving and unmoving (all beings)
• चराचरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (चरं च अचरं च) = neuter nominative singular

• कारणम्: (the) cause
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = neuter nominative singular

• सकलस्य: of all
• सकलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण = genitive singular “of all”

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = genitive singular “of this”

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = masculine nominative singular

• नः: our; of us
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम = genitive plural “of us/our”

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = masculine nominative singular

• प्रसीदतु: may (he) be pleased; be gracious
• प्रसीदतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “let (him) be gracious”

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; verse voiced as part of a hymn/praise within the narration)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Pradhana (Prakriti)
• Chara-Achara (moving and unmoving universe)

FAQs

What is the significance of Pradhāna and Puruṣa in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Pradhāna (primordial nature) and Puruṣa (conscious principle) as derivative realities—both ultimately originating from Vishnu, who stands as the supreme causal ground of cosmology.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the origin of the moving and unmoving universe?

Parāśara frames the entire chara-achara world as arising from a single ultimate source; the verse compresses the creation teaching into a devotional assertion that Vishnu is the cause behind all manifested diversity.

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

Vishnu is identified not merely as a deity within the cosmos but as the transcendent and immanent Supreme Reality—the cause of prakṛti, consciousness, and the total universe—whose grace is sought as the final refuge.