विष्णुरुवाच । हेमन्तश्च भवेद्विष्णुर्विश्वरूपं चराचरम् । पालनाय जगत्सर्वं विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
viṣṇuruvāca | hemantaśca bhavedviṣṇurviśvarūpaṃ carācaram | pālanāya jagatsarvaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam
وشنو نے کہا: “ہیمَنت کے موسم میں میں، وشنو، چلنے اور نہ چلنے والی تمام ہستیوں میں پھیلا ہوا وِشوَرُوپ بن جاتا ہوں۔ سارے جگت کی حفاظت اور پرورش کے لیے یہی وشنو کی اعلیٰ ترین عظمت ہے۔”
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: Tapasvinī / Mahāvratā (ascetic lady)
Scene: Viṣṇu speaks as hemanta: cool clarity, harvested fields, steady rivers; his form expands into viśvarūpa encompassing beings—animals, trees, pilgrims, and the river landscape—signifying protection.
Divinity pervades time itself: Viṣṇu is presented as the sustaining power manifesting through the season of Hemanta for the world’s protection.
The broader passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region); the immediate verse emphasizes cosmic theology rather than naming a single tīrtha.
No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it provides a doctrinal framing of Viṣṇu’s protective function.