The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 377

उद्भवः क्षोभणो देवः श्रीगर्भः परमेश्वरः ।करणं कारणं कर्ता विकर्ता गहनो गुहः ॥ ५४ ॥प्रपञ्चोत्पत्त्युपादानकारणत्वात् उद्भवः ।उद्गतो भवात् संसारादिति वा ।सर्गकाले प्रकृतिं पुरुषं च प्रविश्य क्षोभयामासेति क्षोभणः ।'प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव प्रविश्यात्मेच्छया हरिः ।क्षोभयामास भगवान्सर्गकाले व्ययाव्ययौ' इति विष्णुपुराणे ।यतो दीव्यति क्रीडति सर्गादिभिः, विजिगीषते सुरादीन्, व्यवहरति सर्वभूतेषु, आत्मतया द्योतते, स्तूयते

In plain words

Udbhava, Kṣobhaṇa, Deva, Śrīgarbha, Parameśvara, Karaṇa, Kāraṇa, Kartā, Vikartā, Gahana, Guha. He is Udbhava because he is the material substratum from which the universe arises, or because he has risen completely above the cycle of worldly existence. He is Kṣobhaṇa because, at the dawn of creation, he enters both primordial matter (prakriti) and consciousness (purusha) to stir them into activity, as the Vishnu Purana records: 'At the time of creation, Lord Hari, by his own will, entered the mutable and immutable principles and agitated them.' He is Deva because he sports through the cosmic creation, outshines all, interacts within every living being as their inner self, and is glorified by sages.

Close to the Sanskrit

Udbhava, Kṣobhaṇa, Deva, Śrīgarbha, Parameśvara, Karaṇa, Kāraṇa, Kartā, Vikartā, Gahana, Guha. Udbhava is so called because he is the material cause for the arising of the universe, or because he has risen above worldly existence. Kṣobhaṇa is so called because at the time of creation he entered prakriti and purusha and agitated them, as stated in the Vishnu Purana: 'Lord Hari, entering both prakriti and purusha at the time of creation by his own will, agitated the mutable and immutable.' Deva is so called because he sports through creation and sport, desires to conquer the gods and others, transacts among all beings, shines as the self, and is praised