Shloka 6
मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च
Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach
यत्प्रमाणानि भूतानि देवादीनां च संभवम् समुद्रपर्वतानां च संस्थानं च यथा भुवः
yatpramāṇāni bhūtāni devādīnāṃ ca saṃbhavam samudraparvatānāṃ ca saṃsthānaṃ ca yathā bhuvaḥ
ମୋତେ ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତଜୀବଙ୍କ ପ୍ରମାଣ, ଦେବାଦିଙ୍କ ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ସମୁଦ୍ର‑ପର୍ବତଙ୍କ ସୁସଂଗଠିତ ବିନ୍ୟାସ—ପୃଥିବୀ କିପରି ଗଠିତ ତାହା କହନ୍ତୁ।
Maitreya (questioning Sage Parasara)
FAQs
This verse sets the agenda for describing the ordered structure of creation—how beings, gods, and the world’s geography have definite measures and arrangement within a divinely governed cosmos.
Maitreya explicitly requests the account of their saṃbhava (origin); Parasara’s response (in the surrounding passage) unfolds creation as a structured emanation within the Purana’s cosmological framework.
Although Vishnu is not named in this line, the inquiry concerns the ordered constitution of the universe—an order that the Vishnu Purana ultimately grounds in Vishnu as the supreme principle who sustains and regulates creation.