Vamana Purana — Manifestation of Katyayani, Shloka 35
The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
विनन्ध्यो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा गगने महाश्रमं वृद्धिं न यात्येव भयान्महर्षेः नासौ निवृत्तेति मतिं विधाय स संस्थितो नीचतराग्रशृङ्गः
vinandhyo 'pi dṛṣṭvā gagane mahāśramaṃ vṛddhiṃ na yātyeva bhayānmaharṣeḥ nāsau nivṛtteti matiṃ vidhāya sa saṃsthito nīcatarāgraśṛṅgaḥ
مع أنه جبلُ وِنْدْهْيَا، فلما رأى في السماء الزاهدَ العظيم أغاستيا لم يَعُدْ يزدادُ ارتفاعًا خوفًا من ذلك الرِّشي الجليل. وقد عقد في نفسه: «إنه لم يرجع بعد»، فثبتَ ساكنًا وجعلَ قمته أخفضَ مما كانت.
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FAQs
Tapas and spiritual authority restrain uncontrolled expansion and restore balance; the episode models humility before realized sages and the prioritizing of cosmic order over pride.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of sages and sacred places) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it functions as a tīrtha-related exemplum within the Purāṇic frame.
Vindhya’s ‘unchecked growth’ symbolizes ego or imbalance; Agastya represents disciplined knowledge that stabilizes the world. The ‘not yet returned’ motif encodes sustained restraint through reverence.