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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides. Viśvāmitra recounts Vāmana’s three strides and the restoration of Indra’s realm, then begins his observance with the brothers as guards

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra identifies the place as Siddhāśrama, the former hermitage of Vāmana, where perfection was attained

1.28.2

eṣa pūrvāśramo rāma vāmanasya mahātmanaḥ
siddhāśrama iti khyātaḥ siddho hy atra mahātapāḥ

This, Rāma, was once the hermitage of the great-souled Vāmana; it is renowned as Siddhāśrama, for here the great ascetic attained perfection.

Words: eṣa — this; pūrvāśramo — the former hermitage; rāma — O Rāma; vāmanasya — of Vāmana; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; siddhāśrama — Siddhāśrama; iti — thus; khyātaḥ — renowned, called; siddho — attained perfection; hy — for; atra — here; mahātapāḥ — the great ascetic

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.