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
«Ô le meilleur des sages ! Voici la forme antique du Seigneur qui pénètre tout (Vibhu), nourrissant et accroissant l’intelligence : cette forme aux quatre bras. Le mauvais Mura, contraint par l’arrêt de Kṛtānta (la Mort), s’approcha de Lui de nouveau.»
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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.