Shloka 44
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
यावद् इत्थं स विप्रर्षिस् तां ब्रवीति सुमध्यमाम् तावद् गलत्स्वेदजला सा बभूवातिवेपथुः
yāvad itthaṃ sa viprarṣis tāṃ bravīti sumadhyamām tāvad galatsvedajalā sā babhūvātivepathuḥ
तो विप्रऋषी त्या सुमध्येला असे बोलत असतानाच, घामाच्या धारांनी ओथंबलेली ती स्त्री अत्यंत थरथर कापू लागली।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya); within the scene, the referenced speaker is a vipra-ṛṣi addressing a woman
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It signals a decisive emotional and moral turning-point in the episode—her inner state reacts immediately to the sage’s words, marking the gravity of what is being communicated.
Parāśara often embeds moral causality within vivid narrative moments: a brief line of dialogue is followed by a bodily or emotional response, reinforcing dharma and consequence in a memorable way.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a verse, the Vishnu Purana frames these events under Vishnu’s sovereign order—human actions and reactions unfold within a cosmos sustained by the Supreme Reality (Vishnu).