Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 67

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

एतत् तवोक्तं देवस्य रूपं द्वादशपत्रकम् यस्मिन् ज्ञाते मुनिश्रेष्ठ न भूयो मरणं भवेत्

Transliteration

etat tavoktaṃ devasya rūpaṃ dvādaśapatrakam yasmin jñāte muniśreṣṭha na bhūyo maraṇaṃ bhavet

Translation

هذه هي صورة الإله التي وصفتَها: الصورة ذات الاثنتي عشرة بتلة. فإذا عُرفت، يا أفضلَ الحكماء، فلن يكون بعد ذلك موتٌ مرةً أخرى.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; possessive pronoun

• उक्तम्: said/spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्वादशपत्रकम्: having twelve petals
• द्वादशपत्रकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + पत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral determinative)

• यस्मिन्: in which/when
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• ज्ञाते: when known/once understood
• ज्ञाते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute sense with यस्मिन्

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (best among sages)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would occur/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt; a disciple/interlocutor appears to address a ‘best of sages’ while referencing a prior description.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Deva/Parameshvara)

Key Themes

• Salvific knowledge (jñāna) through dhyāna of divine form
• Lotus/mandala schematics (dvādaśa-patraka)
• Mokṣa as freedom from repeated death

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is meant by the “twelve-petalled” form?

In Purāṇic and tantric-adjacent idioms, a ‘twelve-petalled’ description often indicates a lotus/mandala schema used for meditation—twelvefold completeness applied to the deity’s presence (time-cycle, solar set, or a structured visualization).

How can ‘knowing the form’ remove death?

The verse uses soteriological shorthand: true knowledge (jñāna) and steady contemplation (dhyāna) of the supreme reality culminate in mokṣa, described negatively as the cessation of repeated death (punar-maraṇa).

Is this a promise of physical immortality?

In standard Purāṇic usage, ‘no further death’ primarily indicates liberation from saṃsāra rather than indefinite bodily life; it is a doctrinal claim about ultimate release.