Shloka 3

मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्

Devanagari script

एवं भूतानि सृष्टानि चराणि स्थावराणि च

Transliteration

evaṃ bhūtāni sṛṣṭāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca

Translation

एवं परमेश्वराधीनायां सुव्यवस्थितायां सृष्टौ चराणि स्थावराणि च सर्वभूतानि प्रादुर्भूतानि।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus/in this way”)

• भूतानि: beings, entities
• भूतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• सृष्टानि: created
• सृष्टानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; भूतानि इति विशेषण

• चराणि: moving
• चराणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; भूतानि इति विशेषण

• स्थावराणि: immobile, stationary
• स्थावराणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; भूतानि इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction: “and”)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Bhūtāni (all beings)

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘moving and unmoving beings’ (cara and sthāvara) in the Vishnu Purana?

It summarizes the totality of creation as two broad classes—mobile life and stationary existence—showing a complete, ordered cosmos rather than a random emergence.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation in this section of the text?

Parāśara presents creation as a structured manifestation where categories of beings arise in sequence, framed as part of the larger sarga narrative taught to Maitreya.

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

Even when the verse lists created categories, the Purana’s intent is that such manifestation occurs under Vishnu’s supreme governance, supporting a Vaishnava view of cosmic dependence on the Highest Reality.