Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 30
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
उमामपि तपस्यन्तीं हिमवान् पर्वतेश्वरः निवर्त्य तपसस्तस्मात् सदारो ह्यनयद्गृहान्
umāmapi tapasyantīṃ himavān parvateśvaraḥ nivartya tapasastasmāt sadāro hyanayadgṛhān
هِمَفان، سيّد الجبال، حتى حين كانت أُوما تمارس التقشّف، صرفها عن تلك التوبة، ثم قادها إلى البيت مع زوجته.
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FAQs
Tapas is powerful, yet it is also socially and ritually situated: elders/guardians may intervene to protect, guide, or re-situate austerity within dharmic household order. The verse highlights the tension and balance between renunciation-like discipline and familial responsibility.
Vamśānucarita / Carita (narrative of divine and semi-divine figures): it is character-history centered rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
Umā’s tapas signifies inner resolve and spiritual potency; Himavān’s retrieval symbolizes the world’s attempt to contain or regulate transformative ascetic energy before it culminates in its destined theological outcome (her union with Śiva).