Shloka 36
भाण्डीरवट-क्रीडा: प्रलम्बासुरवधः, मानुष्यलीला, एक-कारण-तत्त्वम्
स निष्कासितमस्तिष्को मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् निपपात महीपृष्ठे दैत्यवर्यो ममार च
sa niṣkāsitamastiṣko mukhāc choṇitam udvaman nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe daityavaryo mamāra ca
स निष्कासितमस्तिष्को मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् निपपात महीपृष्ठे दैत्यवर्यो ममार च
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya (listener), in the standard Vishnu Purana dialogue frame
FAQs
It functions as a narrative marker of adharma’s collapse—when hostile powers to cosmic order are struck down, the earth (mahī) is shown as the stage where divine law reasserts itself.
Parāśara typically frames these events as consequences within a divinely governed cosmos: destructive forces rise, are checked by higher power, and balance is restored—supporting the Purana’s theme of universal order under the Supreme.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a specific verse, the episode aligns with the Vishnu Purana’s central claim that ultimate sovereignty belongs to Vishnu as the ground of order—through whom protection and restraint of chaos occur.