Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 28
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
नारद उवाच यौऽसौ मुर इति ख्यातः कस्य पुत्रः स गीयते कथं च नहतः संख्ये विष्णुना तद् वदस्व मे
nārada uvāca yau'sau mura iti khyātaḥ kasya putraḥ sa gīyate kathaṃ ca nahataḥ saṃkhye viṣṇunā tad vadasva me
Nārada said: “That one who is famed as ‘Mura’—whose son is he said to be? And how was he slain in battle by Viṣṇu? Tell me that.”
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FAQs
Purāṇas validate characters through genealogy: it situates a being within cosmic history (Deva/Asura lines), explains enmities, and links episodes to broader cycles of creation and dynastic descent.
It indicates the account is preserved in recited tradition—what is ‘sung’ by bards and sages—marking it as received sacred narrative rather than a private report.
No. It asks ‘how’ Mura was slain ‘in battle’ but gives no toponym; any geographical anchoring would appear in subsequent verses.