ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
ते समेत्य जगद्योनिम् अनादिनिधनं हरिम् शरण्यं शरणं यातास् तपसा तस्य तापिताः
te sametya jagadyonim anādinidhanaṃ harim śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yātās tapasā tasya tāpitāḥ
Bị thiêu đốt bởi uy lực khổ hạnh của Ngài, họ cùng tụ hội và đến nương tựa Hari—Đấng là thai tạng của vũ trụ, vô thủy vô chung, bậc Hộ Trì chân thật đáng để quy y.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Dhruva’s tapas and the gods seeking refuge in Vishnu
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: When overwhelmed, beings should take śaraṇāgati to Hari, the beginningless and endless source of the universe.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Practice surrender (prapatti) through prayer and reliance on the Lord rather than panic-driven control.
Vishishtadvaita: Vishnu is both transcendent (anādinidhana) and the immanent material cause (jagadyoni) whom all may approach as protector.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Jagat Karana: Yes
It identifies Vishnu as the ultimate source and sustaining ground of the cosmos, not merely a deity within creation but the origin from which the world arises.
By portraying beings who, overwhelmed by the Lord’s power, collectively approach Hari as the only dependable shelter—emphasizing surrender to the Supreme as the decisive spiritual response.
It frames Vishnu as eternal and absolute—without beginning or end—supporting the Purana’s presentation of Hari as the Supreme Reality beyond temporal cycles of creation and dissolution.