Shloka 7

द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः

Devanagari script

शैलान् उत्पाट्य तोयेषु मुमोचाम्बुनिधौ तथा पुनश् चार्णवमध्यस्थः क्षोभयाम् आस सागरम्

Transliteration

śailān utpāṭya toyeṣu mumocāmbunidhau tathā punaś cārṇavamadhyasthaḥ kṣobhayām āsa sāgaram

Translation

វាបានដកភ្នំចេញ ហើយបោះចូលទៅក្នុងទឹកសមុទ្រ; បន្ទាប់មក ឈរនៅកណ្ដាលសមុទ្រវិញ វាបានធ្វើឲ្យមហាសមុទ្រកក្រើករំជួលយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។

Word by Word

• शैलान्: mountains
• शैलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted
• उत्पाट्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पाटय् (धातु √पट्/पाटय्, णिच्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having uprooted’; उपसर्ग ‘उत्’

• तोयेषु: in the waters
• तोयेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• मुमोच: released/let loose
• मुमोच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु √मुच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect)

• अम्बु-निधौ: in the ocean (treasury of waters)
• अम्बु-निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अम्बूनां निधिः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; locative

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus/likewise’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अर्णव-मध्य-स्थः: standing in the middle of the ocean
• अर्णव-मध्य-स्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अर्णवस्य मध्ये स्थितः’ इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• क्षोभयाम्: caused to churn/agitate
• क्षोभयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षोभय् (धातु √क्षुभ्, णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिप्रास), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

• आस: did/was (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु √अस्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सहायकक्रिया (periphrastic perfect auxiliary)

• सागरम्: the sea
• सागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (Sāgara/Arṇava)
• Mountains (Śaila)

FAQs

What is the significance of churning/agitating the ocean in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents the deliberate stirring of the cosmic ocean as a necessary act that enables the emergence of divine treasures and restores balance in the universe.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the process behind the ocean’s agitation?

Parāśara narrates it as a purposeful sequence of actions—uprooting mountains and casting them into the sea—culminating in the ocean being made turbulent to bring about a destined cosmic outcome.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the narrative frame treats such world-ordering events as governed by the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose will sustains and directs cosmic processes.