Vamana Purana — Merit of the Vamana Purana, Shloka 1

The Merit of Hearing and Reciting the Vamana Purana (Phalaśruti)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीवामनपुराणे अष्टषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः पुलस्त्य उवाच एतन्मया पुण्यतमं पुराणं तुभ्यं तथा नारद कीर्तितं वै श्रुत्वा च कीर्त्या परया समेतो भक्त्या च विष्णोः पदमभ्युपैति

Transliteration

iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pulastya uvāca etanmayā puṇyatamaṃ purāṇaṃ tubhyaṃ tathā nārada kīrtitaṃ vai śrutvā ca kīrtyā parayā sameto bhaktyā ca viṣṇoḥ padamabhyupaiti

Translation

Pulastya said: “Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter of the Śrī Vāmana Purāṇa. This most meritorious Purāṇa has indeed been recounted by me to you, O Nārada. Having heard it, and being endowed with supreme fame and devotion, one attains the abode (supreme state) of Viṣṇu.”

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada

Primary Deities

• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Phalaśruti (merit statement)
• Purāṇa-śravaṇa (hearing sacred text)
• Bhakti (devotion)
• Mokṣa/Viṣṇu-pada (attainment of Vishnu’s abode)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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