Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ऋषिणा यस् तदा गर्भस् तस्या देहे समाहितः निर्जगाम सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी तदङ्गतः

Transliteration

ṛṣiṇā yas tadā garbhas tasyā dehe samāhitaḥ nirjagāma saromāñcasvedarūpī tadaṅgataḥ

Translation

Зародыш, который мудрец тогда вложил в её тело, вышел из её членов, явившись как пот, сопровождаемый дрожью и «гусиной кожей».

Word by Word

ऋषिणाby the sage

यःwho/which

तदाthen

गर्भःembryo/fetus

तस्याःof her

देहेin (her) body

समाहितःplaced/settled

निर्जगामcame out/emerged

सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपीin the form of sweat with horripilation

तदङ्गतःfrom her body/limbs

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Explanation of the miraculous transition of the implanted embryo, emerging as sweat with horripilation—setting up Māriṣā’s non-ordinary birth.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Characters & Entities

Sage (ṛṣi)

Embryo (garbha)

FAQs

What is the significance of the embryo emerging as sweat and gooseflesh in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals a non-ordinary, ascetic (ṛṣi-tejas) mode of generation, where the sage’s power overrides conventional birth and appears through extraordinary bodily signs.

How does Sage Parāśara explain miraculous conception in this narrative context?

Parāśara frames it as the direct effect of a sage’s spiritual potency being “placed” into a body, producing outcomes that do not follow normal biological processes.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s narrative assumes a cosmos governed by divine order, where extraordinary births and events unfold within Vishnu’s sovereign dharmic framework.