Shloka 1

प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

भगवन् सर्वम् आख्यातं ममैतद् अखिलं त्वया जगतः सर्गसंबन्धि यत् पृष्टो ऽसि गुरो मया

Transliteration

bhagavan sarvam ākhyātaṃ mamaitad akhilaṃ tvayā jagataḥ sargasaṃbandhi yat pṛṣṭo 'si guro mayā

Translation

ഹേ ഭഗവൻ, ലോകസൃഷ്ടിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് ഞാൻ ശിഷ്യനായി ഗുരുവായ നിങ്ങളോടു ചോദിച്ചതെല്ലാം നിങ്ങൾ എനിക്ക് സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി പറഞ്ഞുതന്നു.

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आख्यात’ = told/declared

• मम: to me; of me
• मम: Sampradana/Sambandha (to me/of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अखिलम्: entire; complete
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘एतत्/सर्वम्’)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सर्ग-संबन्धि: connected with creation
• सर्ग-संबन्धि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्बन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘यत्/एतत्’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)

• पृष्टः: (you) were asked
• पृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate-part/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘पृष्ट’ = asked

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गुरो: O teacher
• गुरो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Maitreya

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Maitreya

Topic: Confirmation that the account of jagat-sarga (creation) has been fully taught as requested

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: compassionate

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Right inquiry (praśna) and faithful reception from a qualified guru yields a complete, coherent understanding of creation and its dependence on the Supreme.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Approach study systematically: ask clear questions, listen fully, and review the teaching as an integrated whole rather than isolated facts.

Vishishtadvaita: Creation is a real transformation/ordering dependent on the Supreme (jagat-kāraṇa), knowable through śāstra-pramāṇa mediated by guru.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the significance of Sarga (creation) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse marks the completion of a teaching segment on Sarga—creation—showing that cosmology is presented as a disciplined guru–disciple transmission before moving to further details of the world-order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the concept of creation in this dialogue structure?

The text frames creation as an answer to Maitreya’s formal inquiry; this verse is Maitreya’s acknowledgment that Parāśara has fully addressed what was asked, reinforcing the Purana’s authoritative, instructional mode.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the surrounding Vishnu Purana framework treats creation (Sarga) as grounded in the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose sovereignty underlies the cosmos and its order.