Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 53
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
तमागतं यमः प्राह किं मुरो कर्त्तुमिच्छसि वदस्व वचनं कर्त्ता त्वदीयं दानवेश्वर
tamāgataṃ yamaḥ prāha kiṃ muro karttumicchasi vadasva vacanaṃ karttā tvadīyaṃ dānaveśvara
Melihat kedatangannya, Yama berkata: 'Wahai Mura, apa yang ingin engkau lakukan? Katakanlah niatmu; aku akan melaksanakan perintahmu, wahai Raja para Danawa.'
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FAQs
Purāṇic dialogue often uses honorifics even for adversarial figures to mark status and political hierarchy. Here it signals Mura’s prominence among demons and frames the exchange as a formal audience-like interaction.
The wording suggests readiness to execute Mura’s ‘vacana’ within the narrative setup, but without surrounding context it is best read as a dramatic device—either deception, a test, or a temporary posture—rather than a doctrinal claim that Yama is subordinate to demons.
No. The verse is purely dialogic and contains no named rivers, forests, mountains, or pilgrimage sites.