Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 73
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
तमागतं प्राह मुने मधुघ्नः प्राप्तो ऽसि केनासुर कारणेन स प्राह योद्धुं सह वै त्वयाद्य तं प्राह भूयः सुरशत्रुहन्ता
tamāgataṃ prāha mune madhughnaḥ prāpto 'si kenāsura kāraṇena sa prāha yoddhuṃ saha vai tvayādya taṃ prāha bhūyaḥ suraśatruhantā
«فلما رآه قد أقبل، قال مدهوغنا (قاتل مدهو): “يا أيها الحكيم، لأيِّ سببٍ جئتَ، أيها الأسورا؟” فقال: “جئتُ اليوم لأقاتلك.” ثم عاد قاتلُ أعداءِ الآلهة فخاطبه مرةً أخرى.»
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FAQs
‘Mune’ reflects the Purāṇic frame: the narrator is recounting the scene to a sage-listener. The direct speech is embedded within a larger dialogue, so vocatives can point to the frame audience rather than the immediate in-scene interlocutor.
They identify Viṣṇu by function: he destroys archetypal demonic threats (Madhu, and ‘enemies of the gods’ generally). In Purāṇic style, epithets compress theology—Viṣṇu’s role as cosmic protector is foregrounded before the fight.
No. It is a narrative prelude to combat without pilgrimage, donation, or place-based markers.