Shloka 3
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
मैत्रेय कथयाम्य् एष शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः यथा ससर्ज देवो ऽसौ देवादीन् अखिलान् विभुः
maitreya kathayāmy eṣa śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ yathā sasarja devo 'sau devādīn akhilān vibhuḥ
ಓ ಮೈತ್ರೇಯ, ನಾನು ಈಗ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ; ನೀನು ಸಮಾಧಾನಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ಕೇಳು—ಆ ಸರ್ವವ್ಯಾಪಿ ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವರಿಂದ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜೀವಸಮೂಹವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದನು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು।
Sage Parāśara
FAQs
This verse signals the formal start of Parāśara’s creation account, framing Sarga as a deliberate, orderly emanation from the Supreme Lord, beginning with the devas and extending to all beings.
He establishes a teacher–disciple setting and asks Maitreya to listen with full concentration, indicating that creation will be explained as a purposeful act of the all-pervading Divine (vibhu).
Even without naming Vishnu directly, the verse presents the Creator as the supreme, omnipotent, all-pervading Lord—an identification consistent with the Vishnu Purana’s core claim that Vishnu is the ultimate source of gods and cosmos.