Shloka 28

Vamana's Three Steps — Vamana’s Three Steps and the Binding of Bali

Devanagari script

शिखायां देवदेवस्य ध्रुवो राजा न्यषीदत तारका रोमकूपेभ्यो रोमाणि च महर्षयः

Transliteration

śikhāyāṃ devadevasya dhruvo rājā nyaṣīdata tārakā romakūpebhyo romāṇi ca maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Upon the topknot (śikhā) of the God of gods, King Dhruva took his fixed station. From the pores of his body arose the stars; and the hairs became the great seers (maharṣis).

Speakers

• Not specified in the given excerpt (narrative voice within the Purāṇic account).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Trivikrama)
• Dhruva (as a celestial station)

Key Themes

• Cosmic body (virāṭ) mapping
• Astral cosmography
• Dhruva as axis mundi (cosmic pivot)
• Rṣi-constellations and sacralization of the sky

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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