Shloka 57
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
साद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राश् च सज्योतिर् लोकसंग्रहः तस्मिन्न् अण्डे ऽभवद् विप्र सदेवासुरमानुषः
sādridvīpasamudrāś ca sajyotir lokasaṃgrahaḥ tasminn aṇḍe 'bhavad vipra sadevāsuramānuṣaḥ
हे विप्र! त्या अंडात पर्वत, द्वीप व समुद्रांसह, ज्योतींनी प्रकाशित लोकसमूह उत्पन्न झाला—देव, असुर आणि मनुष्यांसह.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
It portrays the universe as a single, ordered cosmic enclosure in which all realms and beings—geography, luminaries, and life-classes—manifest as one integrated system.
He summarizes the universe as a coherent lokasaṃgraha: mountains, dvīpas, oceans, and celestial lights forming the world-order, with devas, asuras, and humans all arising within it.
Even when not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames such cosmic formation as dependent on the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—as the sustaining ground of order, manifestation, and governance of the worlds.