Vamana Purana — Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu, Shloka 47

The Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu (Vishnu-Pañjara) and the Redemption of a Rakshasa

Devanagari script

प्रातरुत्थाय जप्तव्यं मध्याह्ने ऽह्नक्षये ऽपि वा असंशयं सदा जप्यो जपतां पुष्टिशान्तिदः

Transliteration

prātarutthāya japtavyaṃ madhyāhne 'hnakṣaye 'pi vā asaṃśayaṃ sadā japyo japatāṃ puṣṭiśāntidaḥ

Translation

ਤੇਰਾ ਦੇਹ ਪੂਰਬ ਵੱਲ ਅਭਿਮੁਖ ਹੈ; ਤੂੰVamana Purana,59,66,VamP 59.66,oṃ hariṃ kuṣṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ vāsudevaṃ janārdanam praṇato 'smi jagannāthaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu,ॐ हरिं कुष्णं हृषीकेशं वासुदेवं जनार्दनम् प्रणतो ऽस्मि जगन्नाथं स मे पापं व्यपोहतु,Saromahatmiya,Stuti (Hymn) / Pāpa-nāśana (Sin-destruction),Adhyāya 59 (Saro-mahātmya; concluding stuti-prayoga),66,oṃ hariṃ kuṣṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ vāsudevaṃ janārdanam praṇato 'smi jagannāthaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu,oṃ hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ vāsudevaṃ janārdanam | praṇato ’smi jagannāthaṃ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu ||,Om. I bow to Hari—Kṛṣṇa

Speakers

• Narrative voice quoting/continuing a stotra; verse 49 attributes the stotra to Maheśvara speaking to a sage (mune).

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Maheśvara)

Key Themes

• Stuti (hymn of praise)
• Transcendence and cosmic causality
• Ascetic ideal (ūrdhvaretas)
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava unity through shared epithets

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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