Shloka 13

सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्

Devanagari script

उदयास्तमने चैव सर्वकालं तु संमुखे दिशास्व् अशेषासु तथा मैत्रेय विदिशासु च

Transliteration

udayāstamane caiva sarvakālaṃ tu saṃmukhe diśāsv aśeṣāsu tathā maitreya vidiśāsu ca

Translation

ఉదయాస్తమయ సమయాల్లోనే కాదు, సర్వకాలమూ ఆయన సంముఖంగా ఉంటాడు—అశేష దిశలన్నింటిలో, ఓ మైత్రేయా, అలాగే విదిశలలోనూ।

Word by Word

• उदयास्तमने: at sunrise and sunset
• उदयास्तमने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय + अस्तमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (उदयश्च अस्तमनं च)

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• सर्वकालम्: at all times
• सर्वकालम्: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (काल-अत्यन्त-संयोग/अव्ययवत्), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• संमुखे: facing (towards)
• संमुखे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (locative: in a facing position)

• दिशासु: in the directions
• दिशासु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• अशेषासु: in all, without remainder
• अशेषासु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दिशासु)

• तथा: likewise, thus
• तथा: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• मैत्रेय: O Maitreya
• मैत्रेय: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• विदिशासु: in the intermediate directions
• विदिशासु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of all directions (diśā and vidiśā) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse uses the full compass—cardinal and intermediate directions—to express that the Lord’s presence is not localized; cosmic space itself is pervaded and governed by Vishnu.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine omnipresence in this passage?

By stating that at sunrise, sunset, and at all times the Lord is ‘before’ one in every direction, Parāśara frames omnipresence as a lived orientation: wherever one turns, the Supreme is encountered as the sustaining reality.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality who pervades time and space—supporting a Vaishnava view in which the world’s order and every direction’s sanctity rest upon His all-encompassing sovereignty.