Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 59

Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology

Devanagari script

तमुवाच यमो गच्छ क्षीरोदं नाम सागरम् तत्रास्ते भगवान् विष्णुर्लोकनाथो जगन्मयः

Transliteration

tamuvāca yamo gaccha kṣīrodaṃ nāma sāgaram tatrāste bhagavān viṣṇurlokanātho jaganmayaḥ

Translation

Yama berkata kepadanya: “Pergilah ke samudra bernama Kṣīroda. Di sana bersemayam Bhagavān Viṣṇu—Tuan segala loka, yang meresapi seluruh jagat.”

Speakers

• Yama to the Daitya (Mura)

Primary Deities

• Yama
• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Purāṇic cosmography (oceans as sacred space)
• Viṣṇu’s immanence (jaganmaya) and lordship (lokanātha)
• Dharma upheld by Yama under the Supreme

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is Kṣīroda-sāgara in Purāṇic geography?

Kṣīroda (the Milk Ocean) is a cosmological ocean in Purāṇic world-models, famed as the locus of divine events (e.g., churning narratives in other Purāṇas) and as a symbolic sacred expanse associated with Viṣṇu’s presence (often with Ananta/Śeṣa).

Does ‘tatrāste’ imply a fixed ‘place’ for Viṣṇu?

It expresses a devotional-cosmological localization (Viṣṇu ‘abides’ in Kṣīroda) while the epithets lokanātha and jaganmaya simultaneously assert transcendence and immanence—he is not limited by place even when described as dwelling somewhere.

Why would Yama, a dharma-deity, point a Daitya toward Viṣṇu?

Narratively, it sets up the Daitya’s futile aggression and highlights dharma’s hierarchy: Yama administers restraint within creation, but Viṣṇu is the ultimate ground of cosmic order whom even Yama acknowledges as supreme.