Shloka 30

लोकसंस्थानम्, ग्रहदूरी-प्रमाणम्, ब्रह्माण्डावरणानि, विष्णोः जगत्कारणत्वम्

Devanagari script

तयोः सैव पृथग्भावकारणं संश्रयस्य च क्षोभकारणभूता च सर्गकाले महामते

Transliteration

tayoḥ saiva pṛthagbhāvakāraṇaṃ saṃśrayasya ca kṣobhakāraṇabhūtā ca sargakāle mahāmate

Translation

మహామతీ! ఆ రెండింటి (ప్రకృతి–పురుష) భేదానికి కారణమూ, వారి సంయోగ/ఆశ్రయానికి కారణమూ ఆమెనే (ప్రకృతి); సృష్టికాలంలో క్షోభం కలిగించే కారణముగా కూడా ఆమెనే నిలుస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन; genitive dual

• सा: she/that (Śakti)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• पृथग्भावकारणम्: the cause of separation/distinction
• पृथग्भावकारणम्: Pradhana (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथग्भाव-कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter); समासः: पृथग्भावस्य कारणम्

• संश्रयस्य: of dependence/association
• संश्रयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षोभकारणभूता: being the cause of agitation
• क्षोभकारणभूता: Pradhana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षोभ-कारण-भूत (भू धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular feminine; समासः: क्षोभस्य कारणं (कारणभूत)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्गकाले: at the time of creation
• सर्गकाले: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग-काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular; समासः: सर्गस्य कालः

• महामते: O great-sage/wise one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative singular; समासः: महती मतिर्यस्य

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Purusha
• Maitreya

FAQs

What is the significance of kṣobha (cosmic agitation) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that at the moment of sarga, prakṛti functions as the immediate cause of the “stirring” that triggers manifestation, marking the transition from unmanifest potential to active creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the relationship between Prakṛti and Puruṣa here?

He presents prakṛti as the factor that produces both their apparent differentiation and their conjunction, framing creation as arising through her operative power when the creative phase begins.

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

Even while describing prakṛti’s causal role, the Vishnu Purana’s cosmology treats prakṛti as functioning under the Supreme Reality’s sovereignty—creation unfolds as an ordered process ultimately grounded in Vishnu.