Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 31
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
ततः स मरणाद् भीतस्तप्त्वा वर्षगणान्बहून् आराधयामास विभुं ब्रह्माणमपराजितम्
tataḥ sa maraṇād bhītastaptvā varṣagaṇānbahūn ārādhayāmāsa vibhuṃ brahmāṇamaparājitam
ครั้นแล้วเขาหวาดกลัวความตาย จึงบำเพ็ญตบะเป็นเวลาหลายหมู่ปี และบูชาพระพรหมผู้ทรงอานุภาพ ผู้ไม่อาจพิชิตได้
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FAQs
Brahmā is frequently portrayed as the accessible boon-giver who responds to intense tapas, regardless of the petitioner’s moral alignment. This narrative device explains how antagonists acquire extraordinary powers that later require divine intervention to neutralize.
As an epithet, aparājita signals ‘unconquered’ in status and authority as a cosmic office. It does not necessarily imply Brahmā is beyond all limitation in every Purāṇic system; rather, it underscores his unassailable role as granter of boons in this episode.
It is typically formulaic, indicating an immense, superhuman period of austerity. Purāṇic narrative uses such time markers to legitimize the potency of the boon that follows.