Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 22

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Devanagari script

शुक्रः कदाचिदगमद् वृषुपर्वाणमासुरम् तेनार्चितश्चिरं तत्र तस्थौ भार्गवसत्त्मः

Transliteration

śukraḥ kadācidagamad vṛṣuparvāṇamāsuram tenārcitaściraṃ tatra tasthau bhārgavasattmaḥ

Translation

On one occasion Śukra went to the Asura Vṛṣaparvan. Honored by him, the excellent Bhārgava stayed there for a long time.

Word by Word

• शुक्रः: Śukra (the sage)
• शुक्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कदाचित्: once / at some time
• कदाचित्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• वृषुपर्वाणम्: Vṛṣuparvan
• वृषुपर्वाणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣuparvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• आसुरम्: the Asura (demonic)
• आसुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āsura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अर्चितः: honoured / worshipped
• अर्चितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arc (धातु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (शुक्रः)

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of duration)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तस्थौ: stayed / stood
• तस्थौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भार्गवसत्त्मः: the best of the Bhārgavas
• भार्गवसत्त्मः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगुवंशस्य सत्तमः)

Speakers

• Narrator to audience (frame not explicit in excerpt).

Primary Deities

• Śukra (Bhārgava)

Key Themes

• Guru–king relationship
• Hospitality and honor (arcana)
• Asura polity and ritual culture

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is Vṛṣaparvan in Purāṇic/Itihāsa tradition?

Vṛṣaparvan is an Asura ruler known from wider mythic cycles (notably connected with the Śukra–Asura milieu and lineages that intersect with later Daitya narratives).

What does ‘arcita’ imply here—mere respect or ritual worship?

Arcita can include formal reception and reverential honoring, often with offerings; in Purāṇic diction it can shade into quasi-ritual veneration of a revered guru.

Why is Śukra’s prolonged stay significant?

A long residence indicates sustained advisory influence—political, ritual, and strategic—setting the stage for household and lineage developments involving Śukra’s family and the Asura court.