Shloka 30

कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः

Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account

Devanagari script

विपरीतानि दृष्ट्वा च निमित्तानि स पाण्डवः याते कृष्णे चकाराथ सो ऽभिषेकं परीक्षितः

Transliteration

viparītāni dṛṣṭvā ca nimittāni sa pāṇḍavaḥ yāte kṛṣṇe cakārātha so 'bhiṣekaṃ parīkṣitaḥ

Translation

ಅಶುಭ ಸೂಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡ ಪಾಂಡವವಂಶಜನು—ಕೃಷ್ಣನು ಲೋಕ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದ ನಂತರ—ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿತನಿಗೆ ರಾಜಾಭಿಷೇಕ ಮಾಡಿ ರಾಜನಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

विपरीतानिadverse, ominous

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

चand

निमित्तानिomens, signs

सःhe

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)

यातेwhen (he) had gone

कृष्णेwhen Kṛṣṇa (had gone)

चकारdid, performed

अथthen

सःhe

अभिषेकम्consecration, coronation

परीक्षितःParīkṣit

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Krishna

Pandavas

Parikshit

FAQs

What is the significance of ominous portents (nimitta) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, adverse omens signal a major cosmic and political transition—Krishna’s departure—prompting the safeguarding of dharma through the orderly coronation of Parīkṣit.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the continuity of kingship after Krishna’s departure?

By narrating that the Pandava-descendant responds to the signs of change by installing Parīkṣit, Parāśara frames succession as a dharmic necessity that preserves societal order when divine presence is no longer manifest.

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

Krishna’s departure marks the closing of a divine epoch; the verse implies that even as the Lord withdraws His visible līlā, His sovereignty persists through dharma—maintained on earth via rightful rule and lineage.