Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 67
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
स च दैत्येश्वरो यक्षैर्मालवटपुरस्सरैः चितामारोपितः सा च श्यामा तं चारुहत् पतिम्
sa ca daityeśvaro yakṣairmālavaṭapurassaraiḥ citāmāropitaḥ sā ca śyāmā taṃ cāruhat patim
আর দৈত্যদের অধিপতি সেই ব্যক্তি যক্ষদের ও মালবটের নেতৃবৃন্দের দ্বারা চিতায় আরোপিত হল; এবং শ্যামাও স্বামীর সঙ্গে চিতায় আরোহণ করল।
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FAQs
The verse juxtaposes royal death-ritual with conjugal loyalty; Purāṇic narration often uses such scenes to stress the gravity of karma and the social-ritual order even among non-deva lineages.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-style narrative detail (death and rites of a ruler) serving as supporting material for a regional māhātmya; not cosmogenesis but exemplary local history.
Cremation (citā) marks closure of a violent reign; Śyāmā’s ascent can symbolize anugamana—devotion following the spouse beyond death—while also functioning as a narrative intensifier to sacralize the locale through memorable events.