Shloka 24
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
विष्णोः स्वरूपात् परतो हि ते ऽन्ये रूपे प्रधानं पुरुषश् च विप्र तस्यैव ते ऽन्येन धृते वियुक्ते रूपान्तरं तद् द्विज कालसंज्ञम्
viṣṇoḥ svarūpāt parato hi te 'nye rūpe pradhānaṃ puruṣaś ca vipra tasyaiva te 'nyena dhṛte viyukte rūpāntaraṃ tad dvija kālasaṃjñam
婆罗门啊，除毗湿奴之本性外，还说有两种形相：主质（Pradhāna，原初物质）与补卢沙（Puruṣa，觉知原理）。同一实在尚有一相：当它被支立为彼此区分、另作一态时，二次生者啊，此相名为“时”(Kāla)。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
Time is presented as a distinct mode of the same Supreme Reality, functioning as the sustaining principle that differentiates and sequences cosmic processes.
He identifies them as two “other forms” spoken of in relation to Viṣṇu—Pradhāna as the primordial material principle and Puruṣa as the conscious principle—both ultimately grounded in the Supreme.
Viṣṇu is affirmed as the foundational Supreme Reality, with Pradhāna, Puruṣa, and even Kāla understood as dependent aspects or modes related to His transcendence and governance of the cosmos.