Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 41
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
ततो ऽब्रवीत्सुरपतिः किमर्थं तप्यते तपः जगत्क्षोभकरं विप्र तच्छीघ्रं कथ्यतां मम
tato 'bravītsurapatiḥ kimarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ jagatkṣobhakaraṃ vipra tacchīghraṃ kathyatāṃ mama
Alors le seigneur des dieux dit : « Dans quel but accomplis-tu cette austérité, ô brāhmaṇa—une austérité qui trouble les mondes ? Dis-le-moi sans tarder. »
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FAQs
Purāṇic narrative convention treats intense austerity as a power that heats/pressurizes the cosmos, prompting divine attention. The phrase signals that the ascetic’s merit is reaching a threshold where boons or cosmic rebalancing must occur.
Surapati is Indra. Indra often intervenes when a sage’s tapas threatens to alter the balance of power—either by granting boons to rivals or by producing siddhis that could destabilize divine sovereignty.
Not in this śloka. It is a dialogue-driven narrative unit; geographical anchoring (if present in the surrounding passage) would need adjacent verses for extraction.