Vikrama-svāmī

Vikrama-svāmī · vikrama-svāmī, “the lord of the great stride”

Vikrama-svāmī is Bhagavān Vishṇu as he dwells under that name in the city of Avantī, which is Ujjayinī. A man or a woman who worships him gains the fruit that the Purāṇa promises for the holy places of Avantī.

In the city of Avantī

Brahmā tells the munis of Avantī, where the enemy of Tripura, Bhagavān Śiva, dwells as Mahākāla, granting every desire. One who bathes in the Śiva-kuṇḍa, offers tarpaṇa to the devas, ṛshis and pitṛs, and worships Mahākāla gains the fruit of an aśvamedha, goes in a divine vimāna to Śivaloka, and at last reaches mukti. In the same city Bhagavān Vishṇu dwells as Govinda-svāmī; one who serves him lifts twenty-one generations, gains all the fruits told before, and reaches mukti by Vaishṇava yoga.

Also there, Bhagavān Vishṇu dwells under the name Vikrama-svāmī. A man or a woman who worships him gains the fruit told before. Indra and the other devatās and the Mātṛkās are there too, granting what is desired.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 43