Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 39

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

यावन्तो जङ्गमागम्या भूताः शैल चतुर्विधाः तेषां माता त्वियं देवी यतः प्रोक्तः पिता हरः

Transliteration

yāvanto jaṅgamāgamyā bhūtāḥ śaila caturvidhāḥ teṣāṃ mātā tviyaṃ devī yataḥ proktaḥ pitā haraḥ

Translation

“All beings—mobile and immobile—of the fourfold kinds, O mountain: this Goddess is their mother, for Hara has been declared their father.”

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt; address ‘śaila’ suggests Himālaya is being addressed

Primary Deities

• Devī
• Hara (Śiva)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Shaktism
• Cosmic genealogy
• Non-dual complementarity of Śiva-Śakti
• Origin of beings

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The cosmos is portrayed as a family: Devī and Śiva together ground all life. Ethically, it supports reverence toward all beings (since all share divine parentage) and validates household/cosmic order as sacred.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Sarga-related theological framing (origins and categorization of beings), expressed through genealogical language; it is not a detailed cosmogony but a Purāṇic ‘source’ statement aligning creation with Śiva-Śakti.

What is the symbolic significance?

Mobile/immobile and ‘fourfold’ life-classes are unified under one maternal Devī and paternal Hara, symbolizing that manifestation (Śakti) and consciousness/ascetic lordship (Śiva) are inseparable principles sustaining the universe.