Shloka 32
मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्
रौद्राण्य् एतानि रूपाणि विष्णोर् मुनिवरात्मज नित्यप्रलयहेतुत्वं जगतो ऽस्य प्रयान्ति वै
raudrāṇy etāni rūpāṇi viṣṇor munivarātmaja nityapralayahetutvaṃ jagato 'sya prayānti vai
മുനിവരാത്മജാ, ഇവ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ രൗദ്ര രൂപങ്ങളാണ്; ഇവയിലൂടെ തന്നെയാണ് അവൻ ഈ ലോകത്തിന്റെ നിത്യപ്രളയത്തിന് കാരണമെന്നായി അറിയപ്പെടുന്നത്.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How destructive/terrible powers belong to Viṣṇu and function as continual causes of dissolution
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Kalpa
Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda
Concept: Even the ‘Raudra’ destructive forces are forms (rūpāṇi) of Viṣṇu, by which He becomes the constant cause of the world’s recurring dissolution.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Revere the Lord not only as protector but as regulator of endings; practice surrender (prapatti) to remain steady amid loss, change, and cyclic time.
Vishishtadvaita: Viṣṇu is both transcendent ruler and immanent cause: creation, maintenance, and dissolution are His modes (prakāras) without compromising His supremacy.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
They show that Vishnu’s sovereignty includes not only protection and creation, but also the fierce power that ends cycles of the cosmos—dissolution as a divine function under His control.
By stating that these forms “attain” the status of being the cause of dissolution, Parashara frames pralaya as an ever-recurring cosmic principle governed by Vishnu, not as a random catastrophe.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality whose will encompasses the full cosmic cycle—sustenance and the inevitable return of the universe into dissolution—supporting a strongly theistic, supremacy-centered reading.