Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 1
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे पञ्चत्रिंशो पुलस्त्य उवाच ततो मुरारिभवनं समभ्येत्य सुरास्ततः ऊचुर्देवं नमस्कृत्य जगत्संक्षुब्धिकारणम्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe pañcatriṃśo pulastya uvāca tato murāribhavanaṃ samabhyetya surāstataḥ ūcurdevaṃ namaskṛtya jagatsaṃkṣubdhikāraṇam
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Vāmana Purāṇa, nagwakas ang ika-tatlumpu’t limang kabanata. Nagsalita si Pulastya: Pagkaraan nito, lumapit ang mga diyos sa tahanan ni Murāri; at matapos yumukod sa Panginoon—ang sanhi ng pagyanig ng sanlibutan—sila ay nagsalita.
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FAQs
It attributes ultimate causality to the Lord: even when the cosmos appears ‘agitated’ (saṃkṣubdha), the Purāṇic view frames such upheaval as within divine governance—either as līlā (divine play) or as corrective reordering of dharma.
In this isolated verse it is a theological ‘abode of Viṣṇu’ reference rather than a clearly identified earthly kṣetra. The Vāmana Purāṇa often anchors narratives in geography, but this line alone does not specify a named tirtha like Kurukṣetra or Sarasvatī.
Many Purāṇic manuscripts include colophons (‘iti… adhyāyaḥ’) as part of the transmitted text. They function as structural metadata, marking transitions and reaffirming the work’s identity and the speaking authority (here, Pulastya).