Shloka 5
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
पूर्वं शान्तभयं वर्षं शिशिरं सुखदं तथा आनन्दं च शिवं चैव क्षेमकं ध्रुवम् एव च
pūrvaṃ śāntabhayaṃ varṣaṃ śiśiraṃ sukhadaṃ tathā ānandaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva kṣemakaṃ dhruvam eva ca
क्रमाने (वर्ष/प्रदेश) असे आहेत—प्रथम पूर्व, मग शान्तभय; त्यानंतर वर्ष व शिशिर, तसेच सुखद। पुढे आनन्द व शिव, मग क्षेमक, आणि शेवटी ध्रुव—असा त्यांचा निश्चित क्रम आहे।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse lists specific named years as part of the Purana’s time-structure, showing time as an ordered, cyclical system upheld within cosmic governance.
He presents time through a fixed sequence of named years, emphasizing regularity and continuity rather than randomness—time moves in a patterned cycle.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames such calendric and cosmic regularity as part of the Supreme Reality’s sustaining power—order in time reflects divine sovereignty.