Vamana Purana — Sin-Destroying Hymn (Part 1), Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

नमस्ते यज्ञपुरुष यज्ञभागभुजे नमः नमः सहस्रधाराय शतधाराय ते नमः

Transliteration

namaste yajñapuruṣa yajñabhāgabhuje namaḥ namaḥ sahasradhārāya śatadhārāya te namaḥ

Translation

{"bhagavata_parallel": "BhP 8.19–8.22 (Bali’s dāna context thematically resonates though not explicit here); BhP general: Lord as giver of liberation", "vishnu_purana_parallel": "ViP 3 (dāna and dharma discussions; Vishnu as sustainer of three worlds)", "ramayana_connection": null, "mahabharata_echo": "MBh Anuśāsana Parva (extensive dāna-dharma; go-dāna praised)", "other_puranas": ["Padma Purana (go-dāna and tirtha-dāna merits)", "Skanda Purana (tirtha-mahātmya with dāna emphasis)", "Garuda Purana (dāna categories incl. brahma-dāna/vidyā-dāna)"], "vedic_reference": "Vyāhṛti triad Bhūḥ-Bhuvaḥ-Svaḥ (Gayatrī context; Taittirīya/Śatapatha traditions); d�Vamana Purana,62,57,VamP 62.57,mamāvatārairvasudhā nabhastalaṃ pātālamambhonidhayo divañca diśaḥ samastā girayo 'mbudāśca vyāptā bharadvāja mamānurūpaiḥ,ममावतारैर्वसुधा नभस्तलं पातालमम्भोनिधयो दिवञ्च दिशः समस्ता गिरयो ऽम्बुदाश्च व्याप्ता भरद्वाज ममानुरूपैः,Saromahatmiya (Mānasa-hrada / sacred lakes section),Tirtha Mahima (with cosmological/avatāra framing),Adhyāya 62 (title not supplied in input; concluding portion leading into Mānasa-hrada praise),62.57,mamāvatārairvasudhā nabhastalaṃ pātālamambhonidhayo divañca diśaḥ samastā girayo 'mbudāśca vyāptā bharadvāja mamānurūpaiḥ,mamāvatārair vasudhā nabhas-talaṃ pātālam ambhonidhayo divaṃ ca | diśaḥ samastā girayo ’mbudāś ca vyāptā bharadvāja mamānurūpaiḥ ||,“By my descents (avatāras)

Word by Word

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Speakers

• A devotee/praiser addressing the Supreme as Yajñapuruṣa within the Saro-māhātmya setting.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Yajñapuruṣa)

Key Themes

• Ritual theology: offerings and divine reception
• Stuti as a means of merit
• Abundance imagery (streams/flows)
• Tīrtha-hymn style within a māhātmya

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is ‘Yajñapuruṣa’ in Purāṇic usage?

Yajñapuruṣa is the divine ‘Person’ who is both the inner reality of sacrifice and the true recipient of offerings. Even when multiple deities receive shares, the Purāṇic frame often presents the Supreme (commonly Viṣṇu) as the ultimate ground of yajña.

What does ‘yajñabhāgabhuje’ convey?

It states that the Lord ‘partakes of the sacrificial portion’—meaning offerings are not merely symbolic; they are ritually directed to a real divine recipient, and the efficacy of yajña is anchored in that relationship.

How should ‘śata-dhārā’ and ‘sahasra-dhārā’ be understood?

They can denote (a) the many ‘streams’ of oblations (ghee, soma, etc.) in ritual, (b) the many streams of grace/boons, or (c) tīrtha imagery of manifold waters. In a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, the polyvalence is likely intentional.