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

{"bhagavata_parallel": "Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.14–11.15 (yoga and bhakti integration); Puruṣottama as supreme person theme throughout", "vishnu_purana_parallel": "Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5–6.7 (bhakti leading to the Supreme)", "ramayana_connection": "Kuṇḍina is linked in later tradition to Rukmiṇī’s region (Vidarbha) though primary narrative is in Harivaṃśa/Bhāgavata; indirect cultural echo", "mahabharata_echo": "Mahābhārata references to Mādras and regional sacredness; Puruṣottama epithet used for Kṛṣṇa/Nārāyaṇa", "other_puranas": ["Padma Purāṇa (Puruṣottama-kṣetra theology broadly)", "Skanda Purāṇa (regional kṣetra lists)", "Agni Purāṇa (nāma-rūpa and tīrtha catalogues)"], "vedic_reference": "Puruṣa Sūkta (Ṛgveda 10.90) as background for ‘Puruṣottama’ theology"}

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)