Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
प्रथमं वामनो भूत्वा ह्ययाचत पदत्रयम् । पुनस्त्रिविक्रमो भूत्वा भुवनानि जहार मे
prathamaṃ vāmano bhūtvā hyayācata padatrayam | punastrivikramo bhūtvā bhuvanāni jahāra me
“起初他化为侏儒（婆摩那），只求三步之地；继而又化为三步遍行者（特里维克拉玛），将诸世界从我手中夺去。”
Bali (Daitya king)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa (vipra)
Scene: Bali narrates the pivotal moment: the dwarf brāhmaṇa Vāmana requesting three paces; then the revelation of Trivikrama spanning earth, sky, and beyond, with Bali’s worlds ‘taken’ yet framed as divine order restored.
FAQs
The Lord’s seeming ‘taking’ is ultimately grace that humbles ego and re-establishes rightful order.
The narrative is embedded in Dvārakā Māhātmya, linking Bali’s devotion to Janārdana with Dvārakā’s Vaiṣṇava greatness.
No explicit ritual; it recalls the famous Vāmana–Bali episode as a teaching on surrender.