Shloka 25

सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः

Devanagari script

प्राकृतो वैकृतश् चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः इत्य् एते वै समाख्याता नव सर्गाः प्रजापतेः

Transliteration

prākṛto vaikṛtaś caiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ ity ete vai samākhyātā nava sargāḥ prajāpateḥ

Translation

ప్రాకృత, వైకృత సృష్టులు, అలాగే ‘కౌమార’ సృష్టి—అది తొమ్మిదవదిగా స్మరించబడుతుంది—ఇలా ప్రజాపతికి చెందిన తొమ్మిది సర్గాలు ప్రకటించబడ్డాయి.

Word by Word

प्राकृतःprimary/natural

वैकृतःsecondary/modified

चand

एवindeed/just

कौमारःkaumāra (of Kumāra)

नवमःninth

स्मृतःis remembered/considered

इतिthus

एतेthese

वैindeed

समाख्याताःare enumerated/are named

नवnine

सर्गाःcreations

प्रजापतेःof Prajāpati

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Prajāpati

Kumāras

FAQs

What is the significance of the nine creations (nava-sarga) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse concludes the enumeration by stating that creation unfolds in nine modes under Prajāpati—mapping how the cosmos and beings arise in an ordered sequence rather than by randomness.

How does Sage Parāśara explain prākṛta and vaikṛta creation here?

He distinguishes a primordial emergence rooted in Prakṛti (prākṛta) from a subsequent, transformed or derivative manifestation (vaikṛta), presenting creation as layered—source to modification.

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

Though Vishnu is not named in this line, the Purāṇic frame treats Prajāpati’s creative acts as operating under the supreme governance of Vishnu, preserving cosmic order and purpose in Vaishnava cosmology.