Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 72
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
एतत् तवोक्तं मुनिवर्य रूपं विभोः पुराणं मतिपुष्टिवर्धनम् चुतुर्भुजं तं स मुरुर्दुरात्मा कृतान्तवाक्यात् पुनराससाद
etat tavoktaṃ munivarya rūpaṃ vibhoḥ purāṇaṃ matipuṣṭivardhanam cuturbhujaṃ taṃ sa mururdurātmā kṛtāntavākyāt punarāsasāda
“O best of sages, this is the ancient form of the all-pervading Lord (Vibhu), which nourishes and increases understanding—namely, that four-armed form. The wicked asura Mura, compelled by the decree of Kṛtānta (Death), approached Him again.”
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FAQs
‘Purāṇa’ signals the Lord’s primeval, timeless form; ‘matipuṣṭivardhana’ frames the description as spiritually and intellectually edifying—seeing/knowing the Lord’s true form is presented as a source of right understanding (mati) in Purāṇic theology.
It suggests Mura’s renewed approach is driven by inevitability—Death/fate’s ‘decree’—a common Purāṇic motif where even powerful asuras move toward their destined end, highlighting divine sovereignty over outcomes.
No. Despite the Vāmana Purāṇa’s strong geographic orientation elsewhere, this śloka is purely narrative-theological and contains no explicit sacred-geography markers.