Vamana Purana — Bali's Sudarshana Worship, Shloka 38

Bali’s Worship of Sudarshana and Prahlada’s Teaching on Vishnu-Bhakti

Devanagari script

येनार्चितो हि भगवान् चतुर्धा वै त्रिविक्रमः तेनार्चिता न संदेहो लोकाः सामरदानवाः

Transliteration

yenārcito hi bhagavān caturdhā vai trivikramaḥ tenārcitā na saṃdeho lokāḥ sāmaradānavāḥ

Translation

જેના દ્વારા ભગવાન ત્રિવિક્રમની ચતુર્વિધ રીતે વિધિપૂર્વક આરાધના થાય છે, તેના દ્વારા નિઃસંદેહ મરુતો અને દાનવો સહિત સર્વ લોકોની જ પૂજા થઈ જાય છે।

Speakers

• Unspecified in the provided excerpt (speaker instructs/assures the listener within Adhyaya 67).

Primary Deities

• Trivikrama
• Viṣṇu
• Maruts

Key Themes

• Vāmana–Trivikrama theology
• Efficacy of worship (arcana)
• Cosmic integration of devas and asuras
• Fourfold worship (caturdhā-arcana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What might ‘caturdhā’ (fourfold) worship mean here?

The verse does not specify the four, allowing traditional readings such as: worship through four upacāras/approaches, worship of four vyūhas/aspects, or worship across four domains (e.g., body–mind–speech–action). The key point is completeness: worship is performed in a fully comprehensive way.

How can worshipping Trivikrama amount to worshipping ‘all the worlds with Maruts and Dānavas’?

Because Trivikrama is presented as the all-pervading Lord who encompasses the total cosmos; honoring him is tantamount to honoring the cosmic totality, including divine hosts (Maruts) and even asuric classes (Dānavas) as contained within his sovereignty.

Why are both Maruts (devas) and Dānavas (asuras) explicitly mentioned?

It underscores Trivikrama’s universal lordship beyond factional cosmology: his worship transcends the deva–asura divide, integrating all beings and realms under a single theological center.