Shloka 30

स्वर्गगमनम्, अदितिस्तुतिः-मायातत्त्वम्, तथा पारिजात-प्रसङ्गे इन्द्रयुद्धम्

Devanagari script

ददर्श च सुगन्धाढ्यं मञ्जरीपुष्पधारिणम् शैत्याह्लादकरं ताम्रबालपल्लवशोभितम्

Transliteration

dadarśa ca sugandhāḍhyaṃ mañjarīpuṣpadhāriṇam śaityāhlādakaraṃ tāmrabālapallavaśobhitam

Translation

അവൻ അതും കണ്ടു—സുഗന്ധസമൃദ്ധം, മഞ്ജരികളും പുഷ്പങ്ങളും ധരിച്ചത്; ശീതളതയും ആനന്ദവും നൽകുന്നത്, ചെമ്പുനിറമുള്ള কোমല പുതുപല്ലവങ്ങളാൽ ശോഭിച്ചത്।

Word by Word

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुगन्धाढ्यम्: abounding in fragrance
• सुगन्धाढ्यम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्ध-आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘rich in fragrance’

• मञ्जरीपुष्पधारिणम्: bearing clusters and blossoms
• मञ्जरीपुष्पधारिणम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मञ्जरी-पुष्प-धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘bearing clusters and flowers’ (धारिन् = possessing)

• शैत्याह्लादकरम्: causing cool refreshment
• शैत्याह्लादकरम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैत्य-आह्लाद-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘producing cool delight’

• ताम्रबालपल्लवशोभितम्: adorned with reddish tender sprouts
• ताम्रबालपल्लवशोभितम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्र-बाल-पल्लव-शोभित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कृदन्त (PPP) शोभित ‘adorned’; तत्पुरुष with instrument/means: ‘adorned with coppery tender shoots’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: descriptive

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa’s Svarga-līlā displays his mastery over celestial splendor and his capacity to bestow joy upon his companions.

Leela: Bala

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Madhurya

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

FAQs

What is the significance of nature-description passages in the Vishnu Purana?

They portray the world as a harmonized, dharma-sustained order—where beauty, fragrance, and life-cycles reflect the structured sovereignty of creation under the Supreme principle.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the world’s order in this kind of verse?

By detailing tangible features—coolness, blossoms, new shoots—he anchors cosmic geography in lived experience, showing that the Purāṇic cosmos is both mapped and felt.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purāṇa’s cosmography assumes a universe upheld by the Supreme Reality—nature’s sustaining rhythms are presented as expressions of that overarching order.