Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 7
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
स्थानं त्रैलोक्यमास्थाय मूलाहारो ऽम्बुभोजनः वाय्वाहारस्तदा तस्थौ नववरिषशतं क्रमात्
sthānaṃ trailokyamāsthāya mūlāhāro 'mbubhojanaḥ vāyvāhārastadā tasthau navavariṣaśataṃ kramāt
स्थानं त्रैलोक्यमास्थाय मूलाहारोऽम्बुभोजनः, वाय्वाहारस्तदा तस्थौ नववर्षशतं क्रमात्।
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FAQs
It is best read as Purāṇic hyperbole indicating the ascetic’s tapas becomes ‘world-filling’ in potency—his presence and vow acquire cosmic consequence, not that he physically occupies all realms.
It encodes graded renunciation: from minimal solid food (roots) to liquid-only (water) to prāṇa-based subsistence (air). This is a standard Purāṇic way to signal intensification of tapas and mastery over bodily needs.
Yes. Such long durations mark tapas as supra-human and legitimizing—establishing the yati’s authority and the inevitability of divine response in later narrative developments.