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

{"has_teaching": true, "teaching_type": "bhakti", "core_concept": "īśvara’s accessibility through many nāma-rūpa across kṣetra", "teaching_summary": "The divine is approached through multiple localized forms—protective (Rukmakavaca), sensory/ritual (Ghrāṇatarpaṇa), yogic (Mahāyoga), and supreme-personal (Puruṣottama)—indicating graded devotional entry points culminating in the Supreme Person.", "vedantic_theme": "Puruṣottama as the highest reality (parama-puruṣa) approached via saguṇa upāsanā", "practical_application": "Choose a practice suited to temperament: protective worship, disciplined sensory offerings, yoga-oriented devotion, and finally surrender to Puruṣottama as the integrating goal."}

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)