Shloka 100

ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्याश्रयतां प्राप्तं परं स्थानं स्थिरायति स्थानं प्राप्ता परं कृत्वा या कुक्षिविवरे ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

trailokyāśrayatāṃ prāptaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ sthirāyati sthānaṃ prāptā paraṃ kṛtvā yā kukṣivivare dhruvam

Translation

他已证得那作为三界依止的至上之位，并于彼处以不动之定安住。达此最高境界后，他被安立为德鲁瓦——恒定之枢轴——在宇宙之轮中作一切的坚固支点。

Word by Word

त्रैलोक्यof the three worlds

आश्रयताम्dependence/support (as refuge) of the three worlds

प्राप्तम्attained

परम्supreme

स्थानम्place, station

स्थिरायतिmakes firm/establishes

स्थानम्place, station

प्राप्ताhaving attained

परम्supreme

कृत्वाhaving made

याshe who

कुक्षिwomb

विवरेin the cavity

ध्रुवम्Dhruva

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Dhruva

Three Worlds (Trailokya)

Vishnu (implicit as the granter of the supreme station)

FAQs

What is the significance of Dhruva’s ‘supreme station’ in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Dhruva’s position as the fixed, highest support-point for the three worlds—an eternal cosmic role granted through divine grace and steadfast devotion.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic stability through Dhruva?

By describing Dhruva as ‘fixed’ in the supreme station, Parāśara frames universal order as anchored by a divinely established axis, making steadiness itself a theological and cosmological principle.

What is Lord Vishnu’s theological importance in this context?

Even when not named directly, Vishnu is implied as the Supreme Sovereign who bestows the highest, unwavering abode—showing that cosmic rank and stability ultimately rest on Vishnu’s will and grace.