Shloka 55

भविष्य-मन्वन्तराः (अष्टम-चतुर्दश) तथा कल्प-युग-व्यवस्था

Devanagari script

चतुर्युगे ऽप्य् असौ विष्णुः स्थितिव्यापारलक्षणः युगव्यवस्थां कुरुते यथा मैत्रेय तच् छृणु

Transliteration

caturyuge 'py asau viṣṇuḥ sthitivyāpāralakṣaṇaḥ yugavyavasthāṃ kurute yathā maitreya tac chṛṇu

Translation

Mesmo ao longo do ciclo dos quatro yugas, esse mesmo Viṣṇu—cuja obra essencial é sustentar e reger a existência—ordena a devida disposição das eras. Ouve, ó Maitreya, como Ele estabelece a ordem dos yugas.

Word by Word

चतुर्युगेin the four-yuga cycle

अपिalso, even

असौthat (he)

विष्णुःVishnu

स्थितिव्यापारलक्षणःcharacterized by the function of preservation

युगव्यवस्थाम्the arrangement/order of the yugas

कुरुतेmakes, establishes

यथाas, how

मैत्रेयO Maitreya

तत्that (this matter)

शृणुhear, listen

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Maitreya

FAQs

What is the significance of yuga-vyavasthā (the ordering of the Yugas) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames the Yuga system as a divinely instituted order—Viṣṇu Himself establishes the structure of time and the conditions under which dharma rises and declines.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the governance of the four Yugas?

Parāśara presents Viṣṇu as the principle of sustenance (sthiti) who actively regulates the ages; the verse introduces an explanation of how the Yugas are arranged and maintained.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Viṣṇu is not merely a participant in history but the sovereign organizer of cosmic time—His sustaining power underwrites the moral and temporal order of the world across all four Yugas.