Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 71
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
यदा तिस्रः समेष्यन्ति सप्तगोदावरे जले हाटकाख्ये महादेव तदा संयोगमेष्यसि
yadā tisraḥ sameṣyanti saptagodāvare jale hāṭakākhye mahādeva tadā saṃyogameṣyasi
“When the three (women) assemble in the waters of Saptagodāvarī, at the place called Hāṭaka, O Mahādeva—then you will attain the destined conjunction (meeting/union).”
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FAQs
It denotes a sanctified hydro-geographical configuration of the Godāvarī understood as ‘sevenfold’—commonly interpreted in tīrtha literature as seven streams/branches, seven confluences, or a ritually mapped set of seven water-sites within a single sacred region.
Hāṭaka literally relates to ‘gold’ in Sanskrit usage and often functions as a toponym for a tīrtha associated with brilliance, purity, or merit likened to gold. Here it is the named locus within the Saptagodāvarī waters where the decisive meeting is to occur.
Saṃyoga indicates a fated conjunction—typically a meeting with specific persons (here, the assembled women) or the culmination of a vow/rite at the tīrtha. The verse frames the tīrtha as the trigger-point where the narrative’s promised encounter becomes actual.