Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 48
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ईश्वर उवाच नाशं गतायां वरदाम्बिकायां कामाग्निना प्लुष्सुविग्रहो ऽस्मि विजृम्भणोन्मादसरैर्विभिन्नो धृतिं न विन्दामि रतिं सुखं वा
īśvara uvāca nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ varadāmbikāyāṃ kāmāgninā pluṣsuvigraho 'smi vijṛmbhaṇonmādasarairvibhinno dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi ratiṃ sukhaṃ vā
ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে—বৰদায়িনী অম্বিকা বিনষ্ট হোৱাত মই কামাগ্নিয়ে দেহত দগ্ধ হৈছোঁ। জঁভণজনিত মূৰ্ছা আৰু উগ্ৰ উন্মাদৰ শৰবিদ্ধ হৈ মই ন ধৈৰ্য পাওঁ, ন ৰতি, ন সুখ।
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FAQs
Even divine narratives portray the destabilizing power of kāma and grief; the teaching is that desire and attachment, when ungoverned, burn away dhṛti (steadiness). The implied remedy in Purāṇic contexts is devotion, discipline, and reorientation to dharma.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-type episode material (narrative theology), not sarga/pratisarga. It supports dharma teaching through dramatic depiction of inner turmoil.
“Arrows” of vijṛmbhaṇa and unmāda externalize inner states: lethargy and delirium become personified weapons, showing how mental afflictions ‘pierce’ consciousness when the stabilizing principle (Ambikā/Śakti) is absent.