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
हे मुनिवरपुत्रा, ही विष्णूची रौद्र रूपे आहेत; यांच्याद्वारेच तो या जगताच्या नित्य प्रलयाचा कारणरूप म्हणून ओळखला जातो.
Sage Parāśara
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.