Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 3
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
स मे सुहृत्स मे बन्धुः स भ्रात स पिता मम यस्तामद्रिसुतां शीघ्नं ममान्ति कमुपानयेत्
sa me suhṛtsa me bandhuḥ sa bhrāta sa pitā mama yastāmadrisutāṃ śīghnaṃ mamānti kamupānayet
“He is my well-wisher, he is my kinsman; he is my brother, he is my father—whoever would quickly bring that daughter of the mountain to me, to satisfy my desire.”
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FAQs
The epithet ‘daughter of the mountain’ is a standard Purāṇic designation for Pārvatī (Umā), daughter of Himavat. Here it signals that Andhaka’s desire is directed toward Śiva’s consort.
It is a rhetorical escalation: Andhaka promises the highest relational status to anyone who fulfills his demand, highlighting the intensity of his obsession and the inversion of dharma (rewarding wrongdoing).
Not explicitly. The verse uses a mythic epithet tied to the mountain lineage of Pārvatī, but it does not name a particular mountain, tirtha, or region.