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

{"has_teaching": true, "teaching_type": "bhakti", "core_concept": "Nāma-stuti and praṇāma to Hari as direct means of pāpa-kṣaya.", "teaching_summary": "A compact hymn invokes multiple names of Viṣṇu—Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Hṛṣīkeśa, Vāsudeva, Janārdana, Jagannātha—ending with a prayer that He remove sin.", "vedantic_theme": "Īśvara-anugraha as purifier; nāma as accessible form of Brahman for devotion; surrender (śaraṇāgati) expressed through praṇāma.", "practical_application": "Use this as daily japa (especially at sandhyā times); recite with attention to meaning, followed by a resolve to avoid pāpa-causing actions."}

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)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }