Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
यदि तृतीयं क्रमणं याचसे जगदीश्वर । पुनर्वामनतां याहि बलिर्दास्यति तत्पदम्
yadi tṛtīyaṃ kramaṇaṃ yācase jagadīśvara | punarvāmanatāṃ yāhi balirdāsyati tatpadam
หากพระองค์จะขอก้าวที่สาม โอ้พระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโลก ก็จงเสด็จกลับสู่รูปวามนะอีกครั้ง; พระพลีจะถวายก้าวนั้นแก่วามนะองค์เดิม
Bāṇa
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A speaker admonishes: if the third step is to be asked, return to dwarf-form; Bali will give that step to Vāmana—emphasizing ritual propriety amid the looming Trivikrama presence.
FAQs
It raises the dharmic question of intention in giving—whether a gift is bound to the recipient’s perceived form or to the Supreme behind the form.
This debate is narrated within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, enhancing the site’s scriptural richness.
The verse indirectly concerns dāna protocol: a vowed gift is to be given as intended, to the properly identified recipient.