Vamana Purana — Sacred Abodes of Vishnu & Shiva, Shloka 15

Catalogue of Vishnu and Shiva’s Sacred Abodes (Tirtha-Mahatmya within the Pulastya–Narada Frame)

Devanagari script

तथैव विप्रप्रवर वाराणस्यां च केशवम् अविमुक्तकमत्रैव लोलश्चात्रैव गीयते

Transliteration

tathaiva viprapravara vārāṇasyāṃ ca keśavam avimuktakamatraiva lolaścātraiva gīyate

Translation

তথৈৱ, হে বিপ্ৰপ্ৰৱৰ, বাৰাণসীত কেশৱক জানিব লাগে; ইয়াতেই অৱিমুক্তক আছে; আৰু ইয়াতেই লোলা-ও গীত/কীৰ্তিত।

Speakers

• Sūta to sages (addressing a vipra as representative interlocutor)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

Key Themes

• Sacred city topography (Kāśī as a microcosm of tīrthas)
• Shaiva–Vaishnava co-presence in kṣetra mapping
• Stuti and fame of local deities

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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