Vamana Purana — Sin-Destroying Hymn (Part 2), Shloka 63

The Second Sin-Destroying Hymn (Pāpaśamana Stava) and Syncretic Praise of Hari-Hara

Devanagari script

पाञ्चालिकं हयग्रीवं स्वयम्भुवममरेश्वरम् नमस्ये पुष्कराक्षं च पयोगन्धिं च केशवम्

Transliteration

pāñcālikaṃ hayagrīvaṃ svayambhuvamamareśvaram namasye puṣkarākṣaṃ ca payogandhiṃ ca keśavam

Translation

{"cosmic_form_present": false, "three_steps_described": false, "step_one_bhuloka": null, "step_two_bhuvarloka": null, "step_three_svarloka": null, "cosmic_scale_imagery": "Breadth is conveyed by spanning river, city, forest, and distant ethnic region—suggesting the Lord’s pervasion across the whole inhabited world.", "universe_measurement": null}

Speakers

• Unspecified in the excerpt; part of the Adhyāya 61 stuti catalogue.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Keśava, Puṣkarākṣa, Hayagrīva)
• Shiva (Amareśvara)

Key Themes

• Tīrtha Māhātmya
• Regionalization of sanctity (Pañcāla linkage)
• Self-manifest sacred icons (Svayambhu)
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava co-worship
• Knowledge/veda motif (Hayagrīva)