Shloka 58
प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)
मृतस्य च पुनर् जन्म भवत्य् एतच् च नान्यथा आगमो ऽयं तथा तच् च नोपादानं विनोद्भवः
mṛtasya ca punar janma bhavaty etac ca nānyathā āgamo 'yaṃ tathā tac ca nopādānaṃ vinodbhavaḥ
Bagi yang telah mati, kelahiran semula memang berlaku—tidak mungkin selain demikian. Demikianlah ajaran berwibawa yang diwariskan; dan tanpa upādāna, asas bahan, tiada sesuatu pun terzahir.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
It states rebirth after death as an unavoidable law, affirmed by āgama (scriptural tradition), indicating the continuity of samsāra under karma.
He adds a metaphysical rule: nothing originates without upādāna (a material basis), reinforcing that effects arise from causes rather than appearing from nothing.
Even when the verse speaks in general metaphysical terms, the Vishnu Purana frames such universal laws as operating under the supreme sovereignty of Vishnu—the sustaining ground of order and causality.