Vamana Purana — Merit of Shravana Dvadashi, Shloka 49

The Merit of Śravaṇa-Dvādaśī and the Liberation of a Preta through Gayā Piṇḍa-Rites

Devanagari script

शतं क्रतूनामिष्ट्वासौ ब्रह्मलोकं महासुरः अरोढुमिच्छति वशी विजेतुं त्रिदशानपि

Transliteration

śataṃ kratūnāmiṣṭvāsau brahmalokaṃ mahāsuraḥ aroḍhumicchati vaśī vijetuṃ tridaśānapi

Translation

{"bhagavata_parallel": "Bhāgavata Purāṇa 8.20–8.22 (cosmic praise; Trivikrama’s vastness).", "vishnu_purana_parallel": "Viṣṇu Purāṇa 2.2 (cosmography: oceans and mountains; conceptual backdrop to saptārṇava/adri).", "ramayana_connection": null, "mahabharata_echo": "Nārāyaṇīya (Śānti Parva) cosmological praise of Nārāyaṇa as support of worlds.", "other_puranas": ["Matsya Purāṇa (cosmography of seven oceans)", "Vāyu Purāṇa (cosmic structure)", "Bhaviṣya Purāṇa (cosmographic lists)"], "vedic_reference": "Ṛgveda 1.154 (Viṣṇu’s cosmic pervasion; implied support of worlds)."}

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Speakers

• Narrative voice summarizing Bali’s accumulated ritual merit and escalating aim

Primary Deities

• Devas (Tridasha)
• Brahma (Brahmaloka)
• Shukra (implicit as guiding priestly authority)

Key Themes

• Merit through sacrifice
• Ritual power and political domination
• Hubris/overreach
• Deva–Asura rivalry
• Cosmic hierarchy (Svarga vs Brahmaloka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }