अध्याय ९२
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे सरोमाहात्म्ये त्रयोविंशो ऽध्यायः सनत्कुमार उवाच अथोवाच महादेवो देवान् ब्रह्मपुरोगमान् ।ऋषीणां चैव प्रैत्यक्षं तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe saromāhātmye trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sanatkumāra uvāca athovāca mahādevo devān brahmapurogamān / ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva praityakṣaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam
हिन्दी अर्थ
प्रकार कहनेपर महान् असुर बलिने कमण्डलु लेकर विष्णुको तीन पग (भूमि)-का दान दिया। हाथपर जल गिरते ही तीनों लोकोंको नापनेके लिये विष्णुने दिव्य रूप धारण कर लिया। तीनों लोकोंको नापनेके
English
WI fa ’Rt ? t n gefeiql s-^ SRgtnfe ? ^ Once upon a time an elephant, the chief of his group, having white shining teeth, intoxicated, thirsty, having huge body like a walking mountain analogous to Airavata, making the mountain fragrant with the scent of ichor, like the guardian elephant Anjana, with eyes moving on account of rut, descended in the water of that reservoir by spreading scent of his intoxication and began to play with his commune around lotus gfryr-tfai xi grounfii ? 311 grerift: The crocodile clandestinely caught that elephant. He began wailing but within no time that mighty crocodile pulled the elephant in the lotus forest, fastened him with Pasa 1 of Varuna and made him motionless and dull.