Shloka 15

Paramparā (Transmission), Rudra’s Viṣṇu-Dhyāna, and the Garuḍa Purāṇa’s Origin-Impulse

Devanagari script

विष्णुं जिष्णुं पद्मनाभं हरिं देहविवर्जितम् / शुचिं शुचिषदं हंसं तत्पदं परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ padmanābhaṃ hariṃ dehavivarjitam / śuciṃ śuciṣadaṃ haṃsaṃ tatpadaṃ parameśvaram

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอถึงสรณะในพระวิษณุ—ผู้ทรงชัยนิรันดร์ (ชิษณุ), ผู้มีนาภีเป็นดอกบัว (ปัทมนาภะ), พระหริ—ผู้พ้นจากขอบเขตแห่งกาย; ผู้บริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง ผู้สถิตในหมู่ผู้บริสุทธิ์ ผู้เป็นหงส์สูงสุด (หังสะ)—พระบาทอันสูงสุดนั้น คือพระปรเมศวร

Word by Word

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जिष्णुम्: victorious
• जिष्णुम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; epithet of Viṣṇu

• पद्मनाभम्: lotus-naveled
• पद्मनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + नाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (बहुव्रीहिः: पद्मं नाभौ यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देहविवर्जितम्: free from body
• देहविवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देह + विवर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: देहेन विवर्जितम्/देहं विवर्जितम्), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; epithet

• शुचिम्: pure
• शुचिम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; epithet

• शुचिषदम्: dwelling among the pure
• शुचिषदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि + सद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: शुचौ/शुचिषु सदति/शुचिषु सन्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; epithet

• हंसम्: the Haṃsa (swan; supreme spirit)
• हंसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; epithet

• तत्पदम्: that abode/state
• तत्पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: तस्य पदम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: परमः ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Refuge in Viṣṇu as the transcendent, pure Supreme—beyond bodily limitation—who is the highest state itself.

Vedantic Theme: Paramapada as Brahman/Paramātman realized; purity (śuddhi) and transcendence of deha-abhimāna (body-identification).

Application: Use nāma-stuti as daily contemplation; remember the ‘beyond-body’ Self to loosen attachment and cultivate inner purity.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: metaphysical locus

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.2.12 (Viṣṇu as Paramātman); Garuda Purana 1.2.14 (Viṣṇu-ārādhana through vrata)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Hari
• Padmanabha
• Parameshvara
• Hamsa

FAQs

What is the importance of praising Vishnu as 'dehavivarjitam' in the Garuda Purana?

It points to the Supreme as beyond physical limitation, guiding the devotee from body-identification toward the transcendent reality that grants liberation.

How does this verse relate to the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana?

By emphasizing purity and refuge in Hari, it frames devotion and remembrance of the Supreme as the stabilizing support for the soul’s onward journey toward the highest state.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Regularly recite and contemplate these divine epithets with ethical living and inner cleanliness, using remembrance of Vishnu as a daily discipline for purification and detachment.