Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 2
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
पुलस्त्य उवाच/ शृणुष्व कामिभिः प्रोक्तान् व्रतान् पुण्यान् कलिप्रिय आराधनाय शर्वस्य केशवस्य च धीमतः
pulastya uvāca/ śṛṇuṣva kāmibhiḥ proktān vratān puṇyān kalipriya ārādhanāya śarvasya keśavasya ca dhīmataḥ
पुलस्त्य बोले—हे कलिप्रिय, सुनो; कामना-सिद्धि चाहने वालों द्वारा बताए गए पुण्य व्रतों को (सुनो), जो शर्व (शिव) और बुद्धिमान केशव (विष्णु) की आराधना के लिए हैं।
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FAQs
Ritual discipline (vrata) is presented as a legitimate path for seekers of aims (kāma/artha as well as dharma), and the text frames devotion as non-exclusive—worship of Shiva and Vishnu is jointly affirmed.
Primarily Dharma/Ācāra material (often subsumed under ancillary Purāṇic instruction rather than the five core marks). It is not sarga/pratisarga; it functions as vrata-kalpa within the broader Purāṇic teaching layer.
By naming Śarva and Keśava together as objects of ārādhana, the verse signals Hari–Hara complementarity: divine grace is not confined to a single sectarian channel.