सूत उवाच । बलिर्बद्धो यदा तेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तदा क्रमैस्त्रिभिर्व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
sūta uvāca | balirbaddho yadā tena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tadā kramaistribhirvyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
સૂતએ કહ્યું—જ્યારે તે સર્વસમર્થ વિષ્ણુએ બલિને બાંધી દીધો, ત્યારે ત્રણ પગલાંથી ચરાચર સહિત ત્રિલોક વ્યાપ્ત થઈ ગયું.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Tirtha: Viṣṇu-pāda associated with Trivikrama’s stride (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta narrates: Vāmana becomes Trivikrama; Bali is bound; the Lord’s three strides expand to fill the three worlds, with gods, asuras, and beings witnessing the cosmic act.
The Lord’s cosmic sovereignty is remembered through mythic acts, which become anchors for sacred geography and devotion.
Viṣṇupada-tīrtha, whose origin is being linked to Viṣṇu’s three strides (Trivikrama).
No direct prescription here; it begins the origin account (kathā) grounding the tirtha’s sanctity.
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