Vamana Purana — Chapter 55
VamP 55.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इरावतीमनुप्राप्य पुण्यां तामृषिकन्यकाम् । स्त्रात्वा संपूजयामास चैत्राष्टम्यां जनार्दनम्
pulastya uvāca / irāvatīmanuprāpya puṇyāṃ tāmṛṣikanyakām / strātvā saṃpūjayāmāsa caitrāṣṭamyāṃ janārdanam
Pulastya said: Having reached the holy Irāvatī, that daughter of a sage, and having bathed, he worshipped Janārdana on the eighth day of Caitra.
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VamP 55.2
नक्षत्रपुरुषं चीर्त्वा व्रतं पुण्यप्रदं शुचिः । जगाम स कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रह्लादो दानवेश्वरः
nakṣatrapuruṣaṃ cīrtvā vrataṃ puṇyapradaṃ śuciḥ / jagāma sa kurukṣetraṃ prahlādo dānaveśvaraḥ
Having performed the Nakṣatra-Man vow, which confers merit, Prahlāda, the lord of the Dānavas, pure, went to Kurukṣetra.
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VamP 55.3
ऐरावतेन मन्त्रेण चक्रतीर्थं सुदर्शनम् । उपामन्त्र्य ततः सस्नौ वेदोक्तविधिना मुने
airāvatena mantreṇa cakratīrthaṃ sudarśanam / upāmantrya tataḥ sasnau vedoktavidhinā mune
With the Airāvata mantra, O sage, having invoked the fair-to-see Cakratīrtha, he then bathed there according to the rule stated in the Veda.
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VamP 55.4
उपोष्य क्षणदां भक्त्या पूजियत्वा कुरुध्वजम् । कृतशौचौ जगामाथ द्रष्टुं पुरुषकेसरिम्
upoṣya kṣaṇadāṃ bhaktyā pūjiyatvā kurudhvajam / kṛtaśaucau jagāmātha draṣṭuṃ puruṣakesarim
Having fasted through the night with devotion and worshipped the banner of the Kurus, and having performed his purifications, he then went to see the Man-Lion.
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VamP 55.5
स्नात्वा तु देविकायां च नृसिंहं प्रतिपूज्य च । तत्रेष्य रजनोमेकां गोकर्णं दानवो ययौ
snātvā tu devikāyāṃ ca nṛsiṃhaṃ pratipūjya ca / tatreṣya rajanomekāṃ gokarṇaṃ dānavo yayau
Having bathed in the Devikā and worshipped Nṛsiṃha, and having dwelt there one night, the Dānava went to Gokarṇa.
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VamP 55.6
तस्मिन् स्नात्वा तथा प्राचीं पूज्येशं विश्वकर्मिणम् । प्राचीने चापरे दैत्यो द्रष्टुं कामेश्वरं ययौ
tasmin snātvā tathā prācīṃ pūjyeśaṃ viśvakarmiṇam / prācīne cāpare daityo draṣṭuṃ kāmeśvaraṃ yayau
Having bathed there and likewise worshipped the eastern lord Viśvakarman, the Daitya went on the next (day) to the eastern (shrine) to see Kāmeśvara.
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VamP 55.7
तत्र स्नात्वा च दृष्ट्वा च पूजयित्वा च शङ्करम् । द्रष्टुं ययौ च प्रह्लादः पुण्डरीकं महाम्भसि
tatra snātvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca pūjayitvā ca śaṅkaram / draṣṭuṃ yayau ca prahlādaḥ puṇḍarīkaṃ mahāmbhasi
Having bathed there, and having seen and worshipped Śaṅkara, Prahlāda went to see Puṇḍarīka in the great waters.
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VamP 55.8
तत्र स्नात्वा च दृष्ट्वा च संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । पुण्डरीकं च संपूज्य उवास दिवसत्रयम्
tatra snātvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ / puṇḍarīkaṃ ca saṃpūjya uvāsa divasatrayam
Having bathed there and seen (him), and having satisfied the ancestors and the gods, and having duly worshipped Puṇḍarīka, he dwelt (there) three days.
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VamP 55.9
विशाखयूपे तदनु दृष्ट्वा देवं तथाजितम् । स्नात्वा तथा कृष्णतीर्थे त्रिरात्रं न्यवसच्छुचिः
viśākhayūpe tadanu dṛṣṭvā devaṃ tathājitam / snātvā tathā kṛṣṇatīrthe trirātraṃ nyavasacchuciḥ
Then at Viśākhayūpa, having seen the god Ajita, and having bathed likewise in the Kṛṣṇa ford, being pure he dwelt there three nights.
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VamP 55.10
ततो हंसपदे हंसं दृष्ट्वा संपूज्य चेश्वरम् । जगामासौ पयोष्णायामखण्डं द्रष्टुमीश्वरम्
tato haṃsapade haṃsaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃpūjya ceśvaram / jagāmāsau payoṣṇāyāmakhaṇḍaṃ draṣṭumīśvaram
Then at Haṃsapada, having seen Haṃsa and worshipped the Lord, he went to see the undivided Lord on the Payoṣṇī.
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VamP 55.11
स्नात्वा पयोष्ण्याः सलिले पूज्याखण्डं जगत्पतिम् । द्रष्टुं जगाम मतिमान् वितस्तायां कुमारिलम्
snātvā payoṣṇyāḥ salile pūjyākhaṇḍaṃ jagatpatim / draṣṭuṃ jagāma matimān vitastāyāṃ kumārilam
Having bathed in the water of the Payoṣṇī and worshipped Akhaṇḍa, the lord of the world, the wise one went to see Kumārila on the Vitastā.
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VamP 55.12
तत्र स्नात्वार्ऽच्य देवेशं बालखिल्यैर्मरीचिषैः । आराध्यामानं यद्यत्र कृतं पापप्रणाशनम्
tatra snātvār'cya deveśaṃ bālakhilyairmarīciṣaiḥ / ārādhyāmānaṃ yadyatra kṛtaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam
Having bathed there and worshipped the lord of gods, who is worshipped by the Bālakhilyas descended from Marīci—whatever is done there destroys sin;
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VamP 55.13
यत्र सा सुरभिर्देवी स्वसुतां कपिलां शुभाम् । देवप्रियार्थमसृजद्धितार्थं जगतस्तथा
yatra sā surabhirdevī svasutāṃ kapilāṃ śubhām / devapriyārthamasṛjaddhitārthaṃ jagatastathā
where that goddess Surabhi created her own auspicious daughter Kapilā, for the pleasure of the gods and likewise for the welfare of the world;
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VamP 55.16
तत्र देवह्रदे स्नात्वा शंभुं संपूज्य भक्तितः । विधिवद्दधि च प्राश्य मणिमन्तं ततो ययौ ॥ वम्प्_५५।१४ ॥ तत्र तीर्थवरे स्नात्वा प्राजापत्ये महामतिःऽ ददर्श शंभु ब्रह्माणं देवेशं च प्रजापतिम् ॥ वम्प्_५५।१५ ॥ विधानतस्तु तान् देवान् पूजयित्वा तपोधन । षड्रात्रं तत्र च स्थित्वा जगाम मधुनन्दिनीम्
tatra devahrade snātvā śaṃbhuṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ / vidhivaddadhi ca prāśya maṇimantaṃ tato yayau // vamp_55.14 // tatra tīrthavare snātvā prājāpatye mahāmatiḥ' dadarśa śaṃbhu brahmāṇaṃ deveśaṃ ca prajāpatim // vamp_55.15 // vidhānatastu tān devān pūjayitvā tapodhana / ṣaḍrātraṃ tatra ca sthitvā jagāma madhunandinīm
Having bathed there in the Devahrada and worshipped Śambhu with devotion, and having duly eaten curds, he then went to Maṇimant. (14) Having bathed there in that best of fords, the very wise one saw, at the Prājāpatya (ford), Śambhu, Brahmā, and the lord of gods, Prajāpati. (15) Having worshipped those gods according to rule, O you rich in austerity, and having stayed there six nights, he went to Madhunandinī.
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VamP 55.17
मधुमत्सलिले स्नात्वा देवं चक्रधरं हरम् । शूलबाहुं च गोविन्दं ददर्श दनुपुङ्गवः
madhumatsalile snātvā devaṃ cakradharaṃ haram / śūlabāhuṃ ca govindaṃ dadarśa danupuṅgavaḥ
Having bathed in the water of the Madhumat, the foremost of Danu's sons saw the god Hara bearing the discus, and Govinda with the trident in his hand.
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VamP 55.18
नारद उवाच। । किमर्थं भगवान् शम्भुर्दधाराथ सुदर्शनम् । शूलं तथा वासुदेवो ममैतद् ब्रूहि पृच्छतः
nārada uvāca/ / kimarthaṃ bhagavān śambhurdadhārātha sudarśanam / śūlaṃ tathā vāsudevo mamaitad brūhi pṛcchataḥ
Nārada said: For what purpose did the lord Śambhu then bear the discus Sudarśana, and Vāsudeva the trident? Tell me this, since I ask.
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VamP 55.19
पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रूयतां कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । कथयामास यां विष्णुर्भविष्यमनवे पुरा
pulastya uvāca / śrūyatāṃ kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm / kathayāmāsa yāṃ viṣṇurbhaviṣyamanave purā
Pulastya said: Let it be heard; I shall tell this ancient tale, which Viṣṇu once told to Manu of the future.
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VamP 55.20
जलोद्भवो नाम महासुरेन्द्रो घोरं स तप्त्वा तप उग्रवीर्यः । आराधयामास विरञ्चिमारात् स तस्य तुष्टो वरदो बभूव
jalodbhavo nāma mahāsurendro ghoraṃ sa taptvā tapa ugravīryaḥ / ārādhayāmāsa virañcimārāt sa tasya tuṣṭo varado babhūva
There was a great lord of Asuras named Jalodbhava, of fierce valour; having performed dreadful austerity, he propitiated Virañci (Brahmā) at close quarters, and (Brahmā), pleased with him, became a granter of boons.
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VamP 55.21
देवासुराणामजयो महाहवे निजैश्च शस्त्रैरमरैरवध्यः । ब्रह्मर्षिशापैश्च निरीप्सितार्थो जले च वह्नौ स्वगुणोपहर्त्ता
devāsurāṇāmajayo mahāhave nijaiśca śastrairamarairavadhyaḥ / brahmarṣiśāpaiśca nirīpsitārtho jale ca vahnau svaguṇopaharttā
(He was) unconquered by gods and asuras in great battle, unslayable by his own weapons and by the immortals, his purpose not to be thwarted even by the curses of brahmin-seers, and in water and in fire he took away their own proper qualities.
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VamP 55.22
एवंप्रभावो दनुपुङ्गवो ऽसौ देवान् महर्षीन् नृपतीन् समग्रान् । आबाधमानो विचचार भूम्यां सर्वाः क्रिया नाशयदुग्रमूर्तिः
evaṃprabhāvo danupuṅgavo 'sau devān maharṣīn nṛpatīn samagrān / ābādhamāno vicacāra bhūmyāṃ sarvāḥ kriyā nāśayadugramūrtiḥ
That bull among Danu's brood, of such power, roamed the earth afflicting the gods, the great seers and all the kings; of terrible form, he destroyed all rites.
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VamP 55.23
ततो ऽमरा भूमिभवाः सभूपाः जग्मुः शरण्यं हरिमीशितारम् । तैश्चापि सार्द्ध भगवाञ्जगाम हिमालयं यत्र हरस्त्रिनेत्रः
tato 'marā bhūmibhavāḥ sabhūpāḥ jagmuḥ śaraṇyaṃ harimīśitāram / taiścāpi sārddha bhagavāñjagāma himālayaṃ yatra harastrinetraḥ
Then the immortals, the earth-born (seers) together with the kings, went for refuge to Hari the ruler; and the Lord too went along with them to the Himālaya, where three-eyed Hara was.
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VamP 55.24
संमन्त्र्य देवर्षिहितं च कार्यं मतिं च कृत्वा निधनाय शत्रोः । निजायुधानां च विपर्ययं तौ देवाधिपौ चक्रतुरुग्रकर्मिणौ
saṃmantrya devarṣihitaṃ ca kāryaṃ matiṃ ca kṛtvā nidhanāya śatroḥ / nijāyudhānāṃ ca viparyayaṃ tau devādhipau cakraturugrakarmiṇau
Having taken counsel about the matter that would benefit gods and seers, and having resolved upon the slaying of the enemy, those two lords of the gods, of fierce deeds, made an exchange of their own weapons.
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VamP 55.25
ततश् चासौ दानवो विष्णुशर्वौ समायातौ तज्जिघांसू सुरेशौ । मत्वाजेयौ शत्रुभिर्घोररुपौ भयास्तोये निम्नगायां विवेश
tataś cāsau dānavo viṣṇuśarvau samāyātau tajjighāṃsū sureśau / matvājeyau śatrubhirghorarupau bhayāstoye nimnagāyāṃ viveśa
Then that Dānava, thinking that the two lords of the gods, Viṣṇu and Śarva, who had come there wishing to kill him, were of terrible form and unconquerable by (their) foes, out of fear entered into the water of a river.
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VamP 55.26
ज्ञात्वा प्रनष्टं त्रिदिवेन्द्रशत्रुं नदीं विशालां मधुमत्सुपुण्याम् । द्वयोः सशस्त्रौ तटयोर्हरीशौ प्रच्छन्नमूर्ती सहसा बभूवतुः
jñātvā pranaṣṭaṃ tridivendraśatruṃ nadīṃ viśālāṃ madhumatsupuṇyām / dvayoḥ saśastrau taṭayorharīśau pracchannamūrtī sahasā babhūvatuḥ
Knowing that the enemy of the lord of the three heavens had vanished (into) the broad, most holy river Madhumatī, Hari and Īśa with their weapons at once became (present), with forms concealed, on its two banks.
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VamP 55.27
जलोद्भवश्चापि जलं विमुच्य ज्ञात्वा गतौ शङ्करवासुदेवौ । दिशस्समीक्ष्य भयकातराक्षो दुर्गं हिमाद्रिं च तदारुरोह
jalodbhavaścāpi jalaṃ vimucya jñātvā gatau śaṅkaravāsudevau / diśassamīkṣya bhayakātarākṣo durgaṃ himādriṃ ca tadāruroha
And Jalodbhava too, leaving the water and knowing that Śaṅkara and Vāsudeva had gone, looking about the directions with eyes anxious with fear, then climbed the inaccessible snow-mountain.
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VamP 55.28
महीध्रशृङ्गोपरि विष्णुशम्भू चञ्चूर्यमाणं स्वरिपुं च दृष्ट्वा । वेगादुभौ दुदुवतुः सशस्त्रौ विष्णुस्त्रिशूली गिरिशश्च चक्री
mahīdhraśṛṅgopari viṣṇuśambhū cañcūryamāṇaṃ svaripuṃ ca dṛṣṭvā / vegādubhau duduvatuḥ saśastrau viṣṇustriśūlī giriśaśca cakrī
Seeing their own enemy moving about on the peak of the mountain, both Viṣṇu and Śambhu rushed swiftly with their weapons — Viṣṇu bearing the trident and the mountain-dweller the discus.
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VamP 55.29
ताभ्यां स दृष्टस्त्रिदशोत्तमाभ्यां चक्रेण शूलेन च बिन्नदेहः । पपात शैलात् तपनीयवर्णो यथान्तरिक्षाद् विमला च तारा
tābhyāṃ sa dṛṣṭastridaśottamābhyāṃ cakreṇa śūlena ca binnadehaḥ / papāta śailāt tapanīyavarṇo yathāntarikṣād vimalā ca tārā
Spotted by those two best of the thirty (gods), his body split by the discus and by the trident, he fell from the mountain, gold-coloured, as a bright star falls from the sky.
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VamP 55.30
एवं त्रिशुलं च दधार विष्णुश्चक्रं त्रिनेत्रो ऽप्यरिसूदनार्थम् । यत्राघहन्त्री ह्यभवद् वितस्ता हराङ्घ्रिपाताच्छिशिराचलात्तु
evaṃ triśulaṃ ca dadhāra viṣṇuścakraṃ trinetro 'pyarisūdanārtham / yatrāghahantrī hyabhavad vitastā harāṅghripātācchiśirācalāttu
Thus Viṣṇu bore the trident and the three-eyed one the discus, for the destruction of the foe — there, from the fall of Hara's foot, the sin-destroying Vitastā came forth from the cool mountain.
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VamP 55.31
तत्प्राप्य तीर्थं त्रिदशाधिपाभ्यां पूजां च कृत्वा हरिशङ्कराभ्याम् । उपोष्य भक्त्या हिमवन्तमागाद् द्रष्टुं गिरीशं शिवविष्णुगुप्तम्
tatprāpya tīrthaṃ tridaśādhipābhyāṃ pūjāṃ ca kṛtvā hariśaṅkarābhyām / upoṣya bhaktyā himavantamāgād draṣṭuṃ girīśaṃ śivaviṣṇuguptam
Reaching that sacred ford, and performing worship to the two lords of the thirty (gods), Hari and Śaṅkara, and fasting with devotion, he came to Himavat to behold the mountain lord guarded by Śiva and Viṣṇu.
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VamP 55.32
तं समभ्यर्च्च विधिवद् दत्त्वा दानं द्विजातिषु । विस्तुते हिमवत्पादे भृगुतुङ्गं जगाम सः
taṃ samabhyarcca vidhivad dattvā dānaṃ dvijātiṣu / vistute himavatpāde bhṛgutuṅgaṃ jagāma saḥ
Having worshipped him according to rule and given gifts to the twice-born, he went to Bhṛgutuṅga on the broad foot(hill) of Himavat.
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VamP 55.33
यत्रेश्वरो देववरस्य विष्णोः प्रादाद्रथाङ्गप्रवरायुधं वै । येन प्रचिच्छेद त्रिधैव शङ्करं जिज्ञासमानो ऽस्त्रबलं महात्मा
yatreśvaro devavarasya viṣṇoḥ prādādrathāṅgapravarāyudhaṃ vai / yena praciccheda tridhaiva śaṅkaraṃ jijñāsamāno 'strabalaṃ mahātmā
There the Lord gave to Viṣṇu, best of gods, the discus, the foremost of weapons — with which that great one, wishing to test the power of the weapon, clove Śaṅkara in three.
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