Shloka 13

सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः

Devanagari script

अपसर्पिणी न तेषां वै न चैवोत्सर्पिणी द्विज न त्व् एवास्ति युगावस्था तेषु स्थानेषु सप्तसु

Transliteration

apasarpiṇī na teṣāṃ vai na caivotsarpiṇī dvija na tv evāsti yugāvasthā teṣu sthāneṣu saptasu

Translation

おお二度生まれし者よ、その七つの住処には、時の下りゆく流れも上りゆく流れもない。そこにはユガの相すらまったく存在しない。

Word by Word

अपसर्पिणीthe apasarpiṇī (declining phase)

नnot

तेषाम्of them/their

वैindeed

नnor/not

चand

एवindeed

उत्सर्पिणीthe utsarpiṇī (ascending phase)

द्विजO twice-born (brāhmaṇa)

नnot

तुbut/indeed

एवat all/indeed

अस्तिexists/is

युगावस्थाstate/condition of the yugas

तेषुin them

स्थानेषुin the places/regions

सप्तसुin the seven

Speaker

Sage Parāśara

Characters & Entities

Parasara

Maitreya

Seven realms (sapta-sthāna)

FAQs

What is the significance of apasarpiṇī and utsarpiṇī in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that certain higher or distinct cosmic regions are not governed by time’s declining or ascending phases, highlighting that temporal change is not uniform across all realms.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the absence of Yuga conditions in some realms?

Parāśara tells Maitreya that in the seven specified abodes the usual Yuga-based framework (like Satya through Kali) does not operate, implying a different cosmological order beyond standard terrestrial time.

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

By distinguishing realms where ordinary time and Yuga change do not function, the text underscores a cosmos ordered by a higher sovereignty—ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the supreme regulator of creation and time.