Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 104
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
मुमोच मार्गणान् भूम्यां शरीरे दह्यति स्मरः फलोपगानि वृक्षाणि संभूतानि सहस्रशः
mumoca mārgaṇān bhūmyāṃ śarīre dahyati smaraḥ phalopagāni vṛkṣāṇi saṃbhūtāni sahasraśaḥ
أطلق السهام على الأرض؛ وفي تلك الأثناء كان سمارا (كاما) يحترق في جسده. ونشأت أشجارٌ مثمرة بالآلاف.
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FAQs
Desire (smara) is portrayed as a consuming fire; yet even intense inner states can be transmuted into generativity (the arising of fruit-bearing trees), suggesting restraint and transformation rather than indulgence.
Primarily māhātmya/etiological narration (not a core pañcalakṣaṇa unit). It functions as a localized ‘sarga-like’ micro-creation account explaining the origin of vegetation in a sacred setting.
Arrows and burning desire evoke the mechanics of kāma (projection outward) and its cost (inner burning). The sudden proliferation of fruit trees symbolizes redirected energy becoming dharmic abundance—life-supporting rather than self-consuming.