Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 13
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
ब्रह्मोवाच यस्मान्मद्वचनं पापे न क्षान्तं कुटिले त्वया तस्मान्मच्छापनिर्दग्धा सर्वा आपो भविष्यसि
brahmovāca yasmānmadvacanaṃ pāpe na kṣāntaṃ kuṭile tvayā tasmānmacchāpanirdagdhā sarvā āpo bhaviṣyasi
ব্ৰহ্মাই ক’লে—হে পাপিনী কুটিলে, তুমি মোৰ বাক্য সহ্য/গ্ৰহণ কৰা নাই; সেয়ে মোৰ শাপে দগ্ধ হৈ তুমি সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে ‘আপঃ’—জলস্বৰূপা হ’বা।
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FAQs
Disregard of authoritative, dharmic instruction (here, Brahmā’s vacana) is presented as adharma that rebounds upon the agent. The verse frames cosmic order as maintained through adherence to truthful command; refusal leads to enforced transformation—an ethical warning against obstinacy and duplicity (kuṭilatā).
This passage aligns most closely with Sarga/Pratisarga-type material in the broad sense: it narrates a cosmological/ontological transformation (a being becoming Āpaḥ) and its effects on worlds (expanded in the next verse). It is not vamśa/vamśānucarita; rather it is a cosmic-order episode explaining conditions in the universe.
‘Becoming Waters’ under a curse symbolizes involuntary dissolution of fixed identity into an all-pervading element. Waters can signify both life-support and overwhelm; here the element becomes a vehicle of consequence—unchecked force arising from moral failure, requiring later containment by Vedic power (seen in v.15).