Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 4
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
शून्यं गिरिमपश्यन्त अज्ञानतिमिरावृताः तान् मूढदृष्टीन् संप्रोक्ष्य देवान् विष्णुर्महाद्युतिः
śūnyaṃ girimapaśyanta ajñānatimirāvṛtāḥ tān mūḍhadṛṣṭīn saṃprokṣya devān viṣṇurmahādyutiḥ
無明の闇に覆われ、彼らはその山を空虚と見なした。すると大いなる光輝を放つヴィシュヌが、迷える視界の神々に聖水を灑ぎ、明晰さを回復させた。
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FAQs
Purāṇic narrative often treats ‘devas’ as powerful yet not omniscient; they can be veiled by māyā or situational avidyā. ‘Ajñāna-timira’ here is a literary-theological device explaining why a sacred place appears ‘empty’ despite an underlying divine reality.
Saṃprokṣaṇa is a ritual act associated with purification and consecration (often with sanctified water/mantra). In narrative terms it functions as a ‘reset’ of perception—removing impurity/veil so the devas can apprehend what is truly present or what is about to be revealed.
Not necessarily. It reports the devas’ perception under delusion. The verse immediately explains that their seeing ‘emptiness’ is caused by ignorance-darkness, implying that the locus retains sacred potency and that the ‘absence’ is a matter of concealed presence or altered visibility.