Vamana Purana — Vamana's Birth, Shloka 57
Vamana’s Birth during Bali’s Horse-Sacrifice and the Mapping of Vishnu’s Sacred Presences
ममावतारैर्वसुधा नभस्तलं पातालमम्भोनिधयो दिवञ्च दिशः समस्ता गिरयो ऽम्बुदाश्च व्याप्ता भरद्वाज ममानुरूपैः
mamāvatārairvasudhā nabhastalaṃ pātālamambhonidhayo divañca diśaḥ samastā girayo 'mbudāśca vyāptā bharadvāja mamānurūpaiḥ
“By my descents (avatāras), O Bharadvāja, the earth, the expanse of the sky, the netherworld, the oceans, heaven, all the directions, the mountains, and the clouds are pervaded—each in forms corresponding to me.”
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FAQs
In Purāṇic composition, tīrtha-māhātmya is often grounded in theology: the sanctity of a place is justified by the deity’s immanence. This verse supplies that frame—Vishnu’s manifestations pervade all realms, so a particular lake or shrine can be presented as a concentrated locus of that same divine presence.
Yes. The phrase indicates that the divine presence is not uniform abstraction but appears in ‘corresponding’ modes—e.g., as preserver in the worlds, as regulator in directions, as sustaining power in waters—supporting the Purāṇic idea that sacred geography is a map of divine functions.
Not explicitly. The verse uses the general avatāra principle; however, in the Vāmana Purāṇa this principle naturally resonates with Vāmana/Trivikrama as paradigmatic manifestations that traverse and ‘pervade’ the three worlds.