Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 7
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
स्थानं त्रैलोक्यमास्थाय मूलाहारो ऽम्बुभोजनः वाय्वाहारस्तदा तस्थौ नववरिषशतं क्रमात्
sthānaṃ trailokyamāsthāya mūlāhāro 'mbubhojanaḥ vāyvāhārastadā tasthau navavariṣaśataṃ kramāt
ত্রিলোককে আচ্ছাদিত করে এমন স্থানে অবস্থান করে, তিনি প্রথমে মূলাহার, পরে জলাহার, পরে বায়্বাহার গ্রহণ করলেন; এভাবে ক্রমান্বয়ে নয়শো বছর তপস্যায় স্থিত রইলেন।
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FAQs
It is best read as Purāṇic hyperbole indicating the ascetic’s tapas becomes ‘world-filling’ in potency—his presence and vow acquire cosmic consequence, not that he physically occupies all realms.
It encodes graded renunciation: from minimal solid food (roots) to liquid-only (water) to prāṇa-based subsistence (air). This is a standard Purāṇic way to signal intensification of tapas and mastery over bodily needs.
Yes. Such long durations mark tapas as supra-human and legitimizing—establishing the yati’s authority and the inevitability of divine response in later narrative developments.