Shloka 27

वंशस्मरण-फलम्, वैशालिका-प्रसङ्गः, रेवती-बलदेव-विवाहः, विष्णु-परतत्त्व-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

मरुत्तस्य यथा यज्ञस् तथा कस्याभवद् भुवि सर्वं हिरण्मयं यस्य यज्ञवस्त्व् अतिशोभनम्

Transliteration

maruttasya yathā yajñas tathā kasyābhavad bhuvi sarvaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yasya yajñavastv atiśobhanam

Translation

マルッタの祭祀のごとく、地上にもう一つ同様の祭祀が現れた。そこでは万物が黄金で作られ、祭具はことさらに輝かしかった。

Word by Word

• मरुत्तस्य: of Marutta
• मरुत्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha/Comparison marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Correlation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूप/तुल्यवाचक (so/likewise)

• कस्य: of whom
• कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• हिरण्मयम्: made of gold
• हिरण्मयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• यज्ञवस्तु: sacrificial implements/material
• यज्ञवस्तु: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यज्ञस्य वस्तु’ (sacrificial apparatus/material)

• अतिशोभनम्: exceedingly splendid
• अतिशोभनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘अतिशयेन शोभनम्’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Characters & Entities

• Marutta
• Kings

FAQs

What is the significance of Marutta’s sacrifice in the Vishnu Purana?

It functions as a benchmark of royal dharma and prosperity—an idealized yajña so magnificent that later sacrifices are compared against it.

How does Sage Parāśara explain kingship through such descriptions of yajñas?

By portraying the king’s yajña as a public act of dharma: the ruler stabilizes social and cosmic order through ritual generosity, abundance, and adherence to Vedic norms.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames righteous kingship and Vedic sacrifice as operating within Vishnu’s sovereign order—dharma ultimately upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.