We present unified w-theoretic characterizations of Prüfer v-multiplication domains (PvMDs). A module-theoretic perspective shows that torsion submodules are w-pure, and for (w-) finitely generated modules M, the canonical sequence \(0\rightarrow T(M)\rightarrow M\rightarrow M/T(M)\rightarrow 0\) w-splits, resolving an open question of Geroldinger–Loper–Kim. In a w-version of Hattori–Davis theory, these conditions are equivalent to \(\textrm{Tor}^R_2(M,N)\) being \(\textrm{GV}\) -torsion for all R-modules M, N, equivalently w-w.gl.dim \((R)\le 1\) , or \(\textrm{Tor}^R_1(X,A)\) being \(\textrm{GV}\) -torsion for all X and torsion-free A, or the Davis map \(A\otimes _R B \rightarrow \mathcal {T}\otimes _K \mathcal {S}\) having \(\textrm{GV}\) -torsion kernel. From an overring viewpoint, R is a PvMD if and only if for every \(R\subseteq T\subseteq K\) and every w-maximal ideal \({\mathfrak {m}}\) , the localization \(R_{{\mathfrak {m}}}\rightarrow T_{{\mathfrak {m}}}\) is a flat epimorphism, so that each overring is w-flat and the inclusion is w-epimorphic. Finally, R is a PvMD if and only if every pure w-injective divisible R-module is injective.