Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 39
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
प्रह्लाद उवाच उत्तिष्ठध्वं गमिष्यामः स्नातुं तीर्थं हि नैमिषम् द्रक्ष्यामः पुण्डरीकाक्षं पीतवाससमच्युतम्
prahlāda uvāca uttiṣṭhadhvaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ snātuṃ tīrthaṃ hi naimiṣam drakṣyāmaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam
प्रह्लाद उवाच— उत्तिष्ठध्वं, गमिष्यामः स्नातुं नैमिषं तीर्थम्; द्रक्ष्यामः पुण्डरीकाक्षं पीतवाससम् अच्युतम्।
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FAQs
Prahlāda models bhakti joined with ritual purity: tīrtha-snāna is not mere tourism but preparation for darśana (transformative encounter). The ethical lesson is leadership that directs a community toward purification and devotion.
It functions as narrative conduct (ācāra within ākhyāna) supporting dharma instruction; while not a direct sarga/pratisarga unit, it aligns with Purāṇic didactic narrative embedded in tīrtha-māhātmya sections.
A Daitya saint (Prahlāda) seeking Acyuta underscores the Purāṇic theme that devotion overrides factional identity. The epithets (lotus-eyed, yellow-robed) emphasize Viṣṇu’s auspicious accessibility as the goal of pilgrimage.