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Shloka 69

वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च

Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation

Devanagari script

स एव सृज्यः स च सर्गकर्ता स एव पात्य् अत्ति च पाल्यते च ब्रह्माद्यवस्थाभिर् अशेषमूर्तिर् विष्णुर् वरिष्ठो वरदो वरेण्यः

Transliteration

sa eva sṛjyaḥ sa ca sargakartā sa eva pāty atti ca pālyate ca brahmādyavasthābhir aśeṣamūrtir viṣṇur variṣṭho varado vareṇyaḥ

Translation

அவனே உருவாகும் பொருளும்; அவனே படைப்பின் படைப்பாளியும். அவனே காக்கிறான்; அவனே உண்ணுகிறான்; அவனே காக்கப்படுவதைப் பேணுகிறான். பிரம்மா முதலிய நிலையாய் எல்லா வடிவங்களையும் ஏற்ற விஷ்ணுவே உயர்ந்தவன், வரம் தருபவன், வணங்கத் தகுதியானவன்।

Word by Word

सःhe

एवindeed

सृज्यःto be created/emanated

सःhe

चand

सर्ग-कर्ताthe maker of creation

सःhe

एवindeed

पातिprotects

अत्तिconsumes/destroys

चand

पाल्यतेis protected

चand

ब्रह्म-आदि-अवस्थाभिःby the states beginning with Brahmā (etc.)

अशेष-मूर्तिःhe whose forms are all (without remainder)

विष्णुःViṣṇu

वरिष्ठःthe best/supreme

वरदःgiver of boons

वरेण्यःworthy of choice/veneration

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Brahma

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu being both the created and the creator in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as encompassing both effect and cause—what appears as the world and the power that brings it forth—establishing Him as the supreme reality behind creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation, preservation, and dissolution here?

Parāśara attributes all three cosmic functions to Vishnu alone: He creates (sargakartā), protects and sustains (pāti/pālyate), and withdraws or dissolves the cosmos (atti).

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

Vishnu is affirmed as the highest Lord with limitless forms, even assuming roles like Brahmā; thus He is the ultimate object of worship and the sovereign ground of cosmic order.