Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 46
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
भावेन पोप्लूयति बालवत् स भुजौ प्रसार्यैव ननर्त्त वेगात् तस्यैव वेगेन समाहता तु चचाल भूर्भूमिधरैः सहैव
bhāvena poplūyati bālavat sa bhujau prasāryaiva nanartta vegāt tasyaiva vegena samāhatā tu cacāla bhūrbhūmidharaiḥ sahaiva
Von Empfindung überwältigt streckte er, wie ein Kind, die Arme aus und tanzte mit gewaltigem Schwung. Von der Kraft seiner eigenen Bewegung getroffen, erbebte die Erde samt ihren Bergen.
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FAQs
Purāṇic narration often treats such shaking as both: a literal marvel within the story-world and a symbolic register of spiritual intensity. Here it magnifies Maṅkaṇa’s bhāva as a force that reverberates through the landscape.
It signals spontaneity and uncalculated expression—an ecstatic state not governed by social performance. In devotional/yogic contexts, such childlike absorption can indicate single-minded immersion (bhāva-samāveśa).
By linking a named pilgrimage region (Saptasārasvata) with a memorable, place-anchored miracle (earth trembling due to a sage’s ecstasy), the text turns geography into narrative memory—helping pilgrims and reciters associate the site with distinctive sacred power.