Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Defeat & Redemption, Shloka 62
Andhaka’s Defeat, the Bhairava Manifestation, and His Redemption as Bhṛṅgī Gaṇapati
त्वं ब्रह्म सृष्टिकृन्नाथस्त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं महेश्वरः त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वं वषट्कारो धर्मस्त्वं च सुरोत्तमः
tvaṃ brahma sṛṣṭikṛnnāthastvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ maheśvaraḥ tvamindrastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāro dharmastvaṃ ca surottamaḥ
তুমিই সৃষ্টিকর্তা প্রভু ব্রহ্মা; তুমিই বিষ্ণু; তুমিই মহেশ্বর (শিব)। তুমিই ইন্দ্র; তুমিই যজ্ঞের ‘বষট্’ ধ্বনি; তুমিই ধর্ম; এবং তুমিই দেবগণের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ।
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FAQs
This is a classic Purāṇic stuti strategy: the addressed Lord is presented as the inner essence (antarātman) of all deities and functions—creation, preservation, and dissolution—thereby asserting a unified supreme reality while still honoring the traditional pantheon.
‘Vaṣaṭ’ is the ritual utterance that consummates an oblation in Vedic yajña. By identifying the Lord with the vaṣaṭ-call, the hymn claims that the deity is not only the recipient of sacrifice but also the very ritual power and speech-act through which offerings become effective.
Purāṇas often treat Dharma both as a personified deity and as the impersonal moral-cosmic order. In this verse, the identification suggests both: the Lord is the source of righteous order and also the divine embodiment that sustains it.