When Vishnu was pleased with Dhruva's tapasya (penance) and asked him to ask for a varadāna (grant of wishes), he asked for the varadāna of a knowledge of stuti (hymn). Vishnu Purana gives a slightly different account here. Out poured forth a beautiful poem praising Vishnu in 12 powerful verses, which together are called Dhruva-stuti.
Vishnu touched Dhruva's right cheek by his divine conch and that sparked off his speech. Immediately Dhruva opened his eyes, and, seeing outside what he had been seeing all along in his mental vision, bowed down before Vishnu. Vishnu had to adopt a strategy of causing that inner vision to disappear. The austerity of his tapasya shook the heavens and Vishnu appeared before him, but the child would not open his eyes because he was still merged in his inner vision of Vishnu's form described to him by Narada. Having been advised, Dhruva started his meditation, and went without food and water for six months. The one mantra which Narada taught and which was effectively used by Dhruva was Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. But, Dhruva's fierce determination knew no bounds, and the astonished sage guided him towards his goal by teaching him the rituals and mantras to meditate on when seeking lord Vishnu. Dhruva was determined to seek for himself his rightful place, and noticing this resolve, the divine sage Narada appeared before him and tried to desist him from assuming a severe austerity upon himself at such an early age. Seeing his firm resolve, his mother bade him farewell as he set out on a lonely journey to the forest. Suniti - being of gentle nature and now the lesser favorite wife - tried to console the distraught child, but Dhruva was determined to hear of his fate from the Lord himself. When Dhruva protested and asked if he could not be allowed to sit on his father's lap, Suruchi berated him saying, 'only God can allow you that privilege. Suruchi, who was jealous of the older son from the first wife (since he - Dhruva - would be heir to throne, and not Suruchi's son), forcefully removed Dhruva from his father's lap. Once, when Dhruva was a child of five years of age, he was sitting on his father's lap at the King's throne. The king also had another son Uttama, born to his second queen Suruchi, who was the preferred object of his affection. Vishnu appears before Dhruva – A painting by Raja Ravi Varma.ĭhruva was born as son of the King Uttānapāda (the son of Svayambhuva Manu) and his wife Suniti.
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