Shloka 1.29.13
सिद्धाश्रम-प्रसङ्गः (Siddhashrama and the Vāmana Narrative)
शरीरे तव पश्यामि जगत्सर्वमिदं प्रभो।त्वमनादिरनिर्देश्यस्त्वामहं शरणं गत:।।1.29.13।।
tapomayaṃ taporāśiṃ tapomūrtiṃ tapātmakam | tapasā tvāṃ sutaptena paśyāmi puruṣottamam || 1.29.12 ||
You are austerity itself—an amassed treasury of tapas, the very embodiment of tapas, whose very being is tapas. O Puruṣottama, by penance rigorously performed, I now behold you.
"O Lord! I am beholding this entire universe in your body. You are beginningless and indescribable. I take refuge in you".
Dharma values inner discipline: sincere tapas, grounded in truthfulness and self-control, is portrayed as a means to attain divine vision and guidance.
After intense austerities, Kāśyapa gains a direct vision of Viṣṇu and praises him as the very essence of ascetic power.
Austerity joined with faith: Kāśyapa’s perseverance and reverent recognition of the divine as the goal of disciplined practice.