Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 76
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्जगाम द्रष्टुं विभुं पुष्करनाथमीड्यम् नदीं पयोष्णीं मुनिवृन्दवन्द्यां संचिन्तयन्नेव विशालनेत्राम्
ityevamuktvā sa munirjagāma draṣṭuṃ vibhuṃ puṣkaranāthamīḍyam nadīṃ payoṣṇīṃ munivṛndavandyāṃ saṃcintayanneva viśālanetrām
说罢，那位圣仙便启程，欲瞻礼全能之主——可颂的普什迦罗那他（Puṣkaranātha）——并前往为众多圣仙所敬礼的帕约什尼河（Payōṣṇī）；一路上他不断思念那位大眼女子。
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FAQs
It denotes the ‘Lord of Puṣkara’, i.e., the presiding divine presence of the Puṣkara tīrtha. In Māhātmya sections, such titles link a place-name to a living cultic focus: the tīrtha is not merely a location but a locus of darśana and merit.
Rivers in Purāṇic geography are ranked by their association with ṛṣis, austerities, and ritual bathing. ‘Munivṛnda-vandyā’ marks Payōṣṇī as a river with established ascetic/ritual prestige, legitimizing it as a destination within the tīrtha network.
The sage’s inner contemplation (saṃcintayan) runs alongside outward travel to Puṣkara and Payōṣṇī. This is typical of Purāṇic Māhātmyas: emotional or ethical crises are resolved through movement into sacralized space and encounter with the deity of that space.