Shloka 58

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

दैतेयाः सकलैः शैलैर् अत्रैव वरुणालये निश्छिद्रैः सर्वतः सर्वैश् चीयताम् एष दुर्मतिः

Transliteration

daiteyāḥ sakalaiḥ śailair atraiva varuṇālaye niśchidraiḥ sarvataḥ sarvaiś cīyatām eṣa durmatiḥ

Translation

اے دیتوں! ورون کے اس ٹھکانے (سمندر) میں، ہر طرف سے ٹھوس اور مضبوط پہاڑوں کے ڈھیر لگا کر اس بدبخت کو یہیں دفن کر دو۔

Word by Word

दैतेयाःthe Daiteyas

सकलैःwith all

शैलैःwith mountains

अत्रhere

एवindeed

वरुणालयेin Varuṇa’s abode (the ocean)

निश्छिद्रैःunpierced, without gaps

सर्वतःon all sides

सर्वैःby all

चीयताम्let (it) be heaped/filled

एषःthis

दुर्मतिःevil-minded one

Speaker

Uncertain (context suggests a commanding figure addressing the Daityas within the Varuṇa-loka narrative; framed by Sage Parāśara’s narration to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Prahlada Narrative

Phase: Persecution

Bhakti Quality: Unshaken devotion under confinement and isolation

Characters & Entities

Daityas

Varuṇa

FAQs

What is the significance of Varuṇa’s realm in the Vishnu Purana?

Varuṇa’s domain represents a regulated cosmic jurisdiction—an ordered space where disruptive forces (like the Daityas’ targets) are restrained to preserve universal balance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the restraint of evil forces in this narrative?

Through mythic action—commanding the Daityas to seal and confine the “evil-minded one”—the text dramatizes how disorder is contained under higher cosmic governance.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s framework implies that all realms and authorities (including Varuṇa’s) operate within the Supreme Order ultimately grounded in Vishnu.