Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 28
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
हलमादाय सौनन्दं नमस्ते पुरषोत्तम प्रतीच्यां रक्ष मे विष्णो भवन्तं शरणं गतः
halamādāya saunandaṃ namaste puraṣottama pratīcyāṃ rakṣa me viṣṇo bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
សូមយកនង្គ័លឈ្មោះ «សៅនន្ទ» មកកាន់ ហើយសូមនមស្ការ ដល់ព្រះបុរុសោត្តម។ ក្នុងទិសខាងលិច សូមការពារខ្ញុំ ឱ ព្រះវិષ્ણុ; ខ្ញុំបានមកសុំជ្រកកោននៅព្រះអង្គ។
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FAQs
Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) is presented as the primary means of safety: the devotee does not rely on personal power but entrusts protection to the Supreme (Puruṣottama/Viṣṇu), expressed as a concrete, directional request.
This is best classed under ancillary devotional material rather than the five defining marks; it aligns most closely with Vamśānucarita/ācāra-style sections where practice (stotra, protective recitation) is taught within the narrative frame.
Assigning a specific divine implement to a direction ritualizes cosmic order: the west is ‘sealed’ by the Lord’s attribute (here, the plough), implying that dharma/order extends into spatial reality, not merely inner piety.