Shloka 28
वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation
प्रयान्ति तोयानि खुराग्रविक्षते रसातले ऽधः कृतशब्दसंततम् श्वासानिलार्ताः परितः प्रयान्ति सिद्धा जने ये नियतं वसन्ति
prayānti toyāni khurāgravikṣate rasātale 'dhaḥ kṛtaśabdasaṃtatam śvāsānilārtāḥ paritaḥ prayānti siddhā jane ye niyataṃ vasanti
鋭い蹄の先に打たれた水は、轟きの音を絶え間なく立てつつ、ラサータラへと下方に奔り落ちる。その息の風と止まぬ轟音に悩まされ、シッダ・ローカに常住するシッダたちは四方へと動き回る。
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
FAQs
Rasātala is one of the nether regions (Pātāla-realms); this verse highlights its role in the Purāṇic cosmic map where downward-flowing waters and subterranean phenomena are described as part of an ordered universe.
He frames it as a physical-cosmic process—waters driven downward with continuous sound and gusting airs—affecting even exalted beings like Siddhas, showing that all lokas operate under fixed cosmic laws.
Even when describing geography and natural forces, the Vishnu Purana implies a cosmos that is structured and sustained by the Supreme—Vishnu—whose sovereignty underwrites the stability and interconnection of all worlds.