Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 34
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
बाढमित्याह भगवान् ब्रह्म लोकपितामहः ततो ऽभ्यागान्महातेजा मुरः सुरगिरिं बली
bāḍhamityāha bhagavān brahma lokapitāmahaḥ tato 'bhyāgānmahātejā muraḥ suragiriṃ balī
ព្រះព្រហ្មា ព្រះមានព្រះភាគ ជាពិតាមហៈនៃលោកទាំងឡាយ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា «ដូច្នោះហើយ»។ បន្ទាប់មក មូរៈ អ្នកមានតេជៈធំ រុងរឿង និងមានកម្លាំង បានចេញដំណើរទៅកាន់ភ្នំរបស់ទេវតា។
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FAQs
‘Lokapitāmaha’ is Brahmā, portrayed as the cosmic progenitor. In Purāṇic storytelling, Brahmā frequently grants boons to tapasvins (including asuras), setting the stage for later divine intervention to re-balance dharma.
Literally ‘the mountain of the gods,’ it functions as a toponym for a divine mountain/fortress. Depending on recension and context, it can evoke the deva stronghold (often conceptually linked with Meru or a deva mountain), marking the narrative shift from boon-granting to open conflict in a sacralized landscape.
Tejas signals both ascetic potency and martial radiance. The text frames Mura as empowered not merely physically but cosmically—his strength is the direct consequence of divine sanction and accumulated tapas.