Vamana Purana — Sin-Destroying Hymn (Part 1), Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

कृतावर्तद महावर्त महादेव नमो ऽस्तु ते अनाद्याद्यन्त मध्यान्त नमस्ते पद्मजप्रिय

Transliteration

kṛtāvartada mahāvarta mahādeva namo 'stu te anādyādyanta madhyānta namaste padmajapriya

Translation

ਹੇ ਮਹਾਦੇਵ! ਕ੍ਰਿਤਾਵਰਤ ਦੇ ਦਾਤਾ, ਮਹਾਵਰਤ-ਸਰੂਪ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅਨਾਦੀ ਹੋ; ਆਦਿ-ਅੰਤ ਅਤੇ ਮੱਧ-ਅੰਤ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ; ਪਦਮਜ (ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ) ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ।

Speakers

• A devotee/supplicant voice within the chapter’s stuti (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt) addressing Mahadeva

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• Brahma

Key Themes

• Stuti (divine epithets)
• Cosmic paradox and transcendence of time
• Shaiva theology within a broader Purāṇic frame
• Inter-deity relationship (Shiva as ‘beloved of Brahmā)’

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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