Editing Vamana (section)

===== First account =====
{{blockquote|In the form of a dwarf Vishnu accepted as alms ground for placing his three [footsteps] from that descendant of [[Hiranyakashipu]]. Afterwards the Eternal [[Vishnu]] invaded the three worlds with this three footsteps and assumed a celestial form.|source=Harivamsa (translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt,1897), Bhavishya Parva, Chapter XXVII, Verses 11-16|author=|title=}}

The first account consists of only one chapter (Bhavishya Parva: XXVII / 27). It begins with the [[Daitya]] [[Mahabali|Bali]], having conquered [[Indra]] and the [[Deva (Hinduism)|devas]], conducting a [[Rajasuya]] sacrifice, officiated by [[Shukra]] and joined by 'many [[Brahmin|Brahmanas]] observant of [[ascetic]] vows and well read in the [[Vedas]]'. At this sacrifice [[Sarasvati]] ([[Lakshmi]]) appears and grants Bali a boon. Vamana is then born, takes the three worlds away from Bali in three footsteps, and restores [[Indra]] to power while the '[[Daitya]]s entered into the [[Patala|nether region]]'. Bali gratifies the devas with an 'offering of [[ambrosia]]', and so 'was shorn of his sins and became immortal'.