Vamana Purana — Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu, Shloka 47

The Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu (Vishnu-Pañjara) and the Redemption of a Rakshasa

Devanagari script

प्रातरुत्थाय जप्तव्यं मध्याह्ने ऽह्नक्षये ऽपि वा असंशयं सदा जप्यो जपतां पुष्टिशान्तिदः

Transliteration

prātarutthāya japtavyaṃ madhyāhne 'hnakṣaye 'pi vā asaṃśayaṃ sadā japyo japatāṃ puṣṭiśāntidaḥ

Translation

{"location": "Sarasvatī-tīrtha (contextual)", "location_type": "tirtha", "region": "North India", "sacred_significance": "A tīrtha-mahātmya culminates in a Vaiṣṇava pāpa-nāśana mantra/stuti, implying that the tīrtha’s fruit is sealed by Hari-smaraṇa.", "cosmic_realm": "bhuloka"}

Speakers

• Narrative voice quoting/continuing a stotra; verse 49 attributes the stotra to Maheśvara speaking to a sage (mune).

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Maheśvara)

Key Themes

• Stuti (hymn of praise)
• Transcendence and cosmic causality
• Ascetic ideal (ūrdhvaretas)
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava unity through shared epithets

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }