Shloka 48

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

ऋषिणा यस् तदा गर्भस् तस्या देहे समाहितः निर्जगाम सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी तदङ्गतः

Transliteration

ṛṣiṇā yas tadā garbhas tasyā dehe samāhitaḥ nirjagāma saromāñcasvedarūpī tadaṅgataḥ

Translation

その時、仙人が彼女の身に宿らせた胎は、鳥肌の立つ震えを伴う汗の姿となって、彼女の肢体から現れ出た。

Word by Word

• ऋषिणा: by the sage
• ऋषिणा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यः: who/which
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• गर्भः: embryo/fetus
• गर्भः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देहे: in (her) body
• देहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• समाहितः: placed/settled
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता) के विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (गर्भस्य)

• निर्जगाम: came out/emerged
• निर्जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी: in the form of sweat with horripilation
• सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी: Karta (कर्ता) के विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + रोमाञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-समूह; (रोमाञ्चेन सह) + (स्वेदरूपः) → विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदङ्गतः: from her body/limbs
• तदङ्गतः: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तस्/त (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य अङ्गतः = from her limbs); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे निष्पन्न-विशेषण

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Explanation of the miraculous transition of the implanted embryo, emerging as sweat with horripilation—setting up Māriṣā’s non-ordinary birth.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Characters & Entities

• Sage (ṛṣi)
• Embryo (garbha)

FAQs

What is the significance of the embryo emerging as sweat and gooseflesh in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals a non-ordinary, ascetic (ṛṣi-tejas) mode of generation, where the sage’s power overrides conventional birth and appears through extraordinary bodily signs.

How does Sage Parāśara explain miraculous conception in this narrative context?

Parāśara frames it as the direct effect of a sage’s spiritual potency being “placed” into a body, producing outcomes that do not follow normal biological processes.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s narrative assumes a cosmos governed by divine order, where extraordinary births and events unfold within Vishnu’s sovereign dharmic framework.