Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 54
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
त्वं पृथ्वी ज्योतिराकाशं जलं भूत्वा सहस्रशः त्वया व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं कस्त्वां जेष्यति माधव
tvaṃ pṛthvī jyotirākāśaṃ jalaṃ bhūtvā sahasraśaḥ tvayā vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kastvāṃ jeṣyati mādhava
त्वं पृथ्वी ज्योतिराकाशं जलं भूत्वा सहस्रशः। त्वया व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं कस्त्वां जेष्यति माधव॥
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FAQs
The Lord is not merely a distant ruler but the very substance and support of the world. The ethical implication is humility and surrender: worldly power cannot 'defeat' the one who is the basis of all existence.
This is closest to Sarga/Pratisarga in spirit, presenting the divine as constituting and pervading the elements that make up the cosmos, though conveyed devotionally rather than as a step-by-step creation account.
By naming core elements (earth, light/tejas, space, water), the verse signals that every experiential domain is a locus of the divine. The rhetorical question about conquest negates any notion of a rival ultimate power.