Vamana Purana — Merit of the Vamana Purana, Shloka 1

The Merit of Hearing and Reciting the Vamana Purana (Phalaśruti)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीवामनपुराणे अष्टषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः पुलस्त्य उवाच एतन्मया पुण्यतमं पुराणं तुभ्यं तथा नारद कीर्तितं वै श्रुत्वा च कीर्त्या परया समेतो भक्त्या च विष्णोः पदमभ्युपैति

Transliteration

iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pulastya uvāca etanmayā puṇyatamaṃ purāṇaṃ tubhyaṃ tathā nārada kīrtitaṃ vai śrutvā ca kīrtyā parayā sameto bhaktyā ca viṣṇoḥ padamabhyupaiti

Translation

Pulastya said: “Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter of the Śrī Vāmana Purāṇa. This most meritorious Purāṇa has indeed been recounted by me to you, O Nārada. Having heard it, and being endowed with supreme fame and devotion, one attains the abode (supreme state) of Viṣṇu.”

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada

Primary Deities

• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Phalaśruti (merit statement)
• Purāṇa-śravaṇa (hearing sacred text)
• Bhakti (devotion)
• Mokṣa/Viṣṇu-pada (attainment of Vishnu’s abode)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why does the verse mention the end of the sixty-eighth chapter while the citation is Adhyāya 69?

Purāṇic manuscripts often preserve colophon lines at the boundary between chapters. Here, the opening of Adhyāya 69 includes a closing notice for Adhyāya 68, then proceeds into the new chapter’s merit statements.

What is meant by ‘viṣṇoḥ padam’ in this context?

‘Viṣṇoḥ padam’ can denote Viṣṇu’s supreme abode (parama-pada), i.e., the soteriological goal attained through devotion and sacred hearing; it is not necessarily a physical tirtha but a transcendental destination.

Is ‘kīrti’ (fame) worldly or spiritual here?

In phalaśruti passages, ‘kīrti’ commonly includes both social renown and the ‘good name’ born of dharmic merit; paired with ‘parā bhakti’, it primarily signals spiritually grounded merit rather than mere worldly celebrity.