Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 69
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
संक्षुब्धान् भुवनान् दृष्ट्वा भूर्लोकादीन् पितामहः जगाम माधवं द्रष्टुं क्षीरोदं नाम सागरम्
saṃkṣubdhān bhuvanān dṛṣṭvā bhūrlokādīn pitāmahaḥ jagāma mādhavaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṣīrodaṃ nāma sāgaram
ពិតាមហៈ (ព្រះព្រហ្ម) បានឃើញលោកទាំងឡាយ—ចាប់ពី ភូរលោកៈ ជាដើម—ត្រូវបានរំខានយ៉ាងខ្លាំង ក៏បានទៅជួប មាធវៈ ដោយធ្វើដំណើរទៅកាន់សមុទ្រ ដែលហៅថា ក្សីរោទៈ (សមុទ្រទឹកដោះ)។
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FAQs
Even Brahmā, the cosmic ‘creator,’ seeks refuge in and counsel from Viṣṇu when order is threatened. The lesson is that authority is accountable to a higher sustaining principle; in crisis, one turns to the preserver (Mādhava) for restoration of balance.
This supports Pratisarga/dharmic-restoration narrative logic: disturbance in the worlds prompts divine consultation leading to corrective action. It is not genealogy-focused (vaṃśa) but governance of cosmic order.
Kṣīroda-sāgara is the archetypal locus of Viṣṇu’s repose and cosmic counsel. Brahmā’s movement toward the Milk Ocean symbolically represents returning to the source of stability (Viṣṇu) when the cosmos is ‘churned’ by upheaval.