Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 66

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

द्वादशारं तथा चक्रं षष्णाभि द्वियुतं तथा त्रिव्यूहमेकमूर्तिश्च तथोक्तः परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

dvādaśāraṃ tathā cakraṃ ṣaṣṇābhi dviyutaṃ tathā trivyūhamekamūrtiśca tathoktaḥ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

द्वादशारं चक्रं धारयति; षड्नाभि द्वियुतं रूपं च तथा। त्रिव्यूहानामेकमूर्तिः परमेश्वर इति तथोक्तः।

Word by Word

• द्वादशारम्: twelve-spoked
• द्वादशारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादशार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb ‘thus/so’)

• चक्रम्: wheel/discus
• चक्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• षष्णाभि: six-naved
• षष्णाभि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् + नाभि (प्रातिपदिक; षष्णाभि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter; ‘six-naved’ qualifying implied object

• द्वियुतम्: joined with two / twofold
• द्वियुतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + युत (प्रातिपदिक; द्वियुत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘joined with two / twofold’

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• त्रिव्यूहम्: threefold array/three emanations
• त्रिव्यूहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + व्यूह (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिव्यूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having three formations/emanations’

• एकमूर्तिः: one form (single-bodied)
• एकमूर्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; एकमूर्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular feminine (as epithet)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• उक्तः: is said/called
• उक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with ‘parameśvaraḥ’

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; परमेश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (speaker-frame not recoverable from isolated verses).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Parameshvara)

Key Themes

• Iconography and dhyāna-lakṣaṇa (meditative marks)
• Pāñcarātra trivyūha doctrine
• Unity of emanations in a single supreme form
• Cakra as cosmic sovereignty and dharma-order

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does “twelve-spoked cakra” signify in Purāṇic and iconographic language?

A twelve-spoked wheel commonly evokes completeness and cosmic order—often mapped to the twelve Ādityas, twelve months, or the full cycle of time. In Vaishnava iconography it also points to Sudarśana, the Lord’s sovereign power that upholds dharma.

How should “trivyūha ekamūrti” be understood?

It states that the three vyūhas (emanational aspects taught in Pāñcarātra theology) are not separate gods but unified in one supreme embodied reality. The verse compresses a theological claim (emanations) into a dhyāna-description (one form).

Is the “six-hubbed, paired” wheel a second emblem or a symbolic elaboration?

Within such dhyāna passages, multiple wheel-descriptors can function as layered symbolism rather than separate objects: different ‘wheel-structures’ can encode doctrinal sets (numbers, groupings) while still referring to the Lord’s cakra as the emblem of rule and cosmic regulation.