Shloka 25

भरतचरितम्—मृगासक्ति-हेतुकः समाधिभङ्गः, जातिस्मरत्वं, रहूगण-जाḍभरत-संवादः

Devanagari script

एषा वसुमती तस्य खुराग्रक्षतकर्बुरा

Transliteration

eṣā vasumatī tasya khurāgrakṣatakarburā

Translation

这片大地因他蹄尖的创伤而变得斑驳，仿佛被他锋利的印记所刻画。

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she/this one)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-शब्द (pronoun)

• वसुमती: the earth
• वसुमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-शब्द

• खुराग्रक्षतकर्बुरा: mottled with marks from the tips of (his) hooves
• खुराग्रक्षतकर्बुरा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खुर-अग्र-क्षत-कर्बुरा (प्रातिपदिक); खुर (hoof) + अग्र (tip) + क्षत (wounded/marked) + कर्बुरा (spotted)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Earth (Vasumatī/Bhūmi)
• Vishnu (implied as the divine agent sustaining/order of the world, often via Varāha imagery in this context)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Earth being marked by hoof-wounds in the Vishnu Purana?

It conveys that the Earth’s stability is achieved through a forceful, divine intervention—her very ‘scars’ testify to being borne, rescued, and ordered by a transcendent power rather than by chance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic order through physical imagery like wounds and marks?

Parāśara uses concrete, bodily imagery to make metaphysical governance visible: the world’s arrangement is not abstract—it is enacted and maintained by the Lord’s effective power within creation.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not explicitly named, the verse reflects Vaishnava cosmology: the Supreme Reality actively sustains and secures the Earth, showing sovereignty that underlies all structures of the universe.