Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 45
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
ततो ऽगमन्महादेवः सप्तसारस्वतं शुचिः ददर्श नृत्यमानं च ऋषिं मङ्कणसंज्ञितम्
tato 'gamanmahādevaḥ saptasārasvataṃ śuciḥ dadarśa nṛtyamānaṃ ca ṛṣiṃ maṅkaṇasaṃjñitam
তারপর পবিত্র মহাদেব সপ্তসারস্বতে গেলেন এবং মঙ্কণ নামে এক ঋষিকে নৃত্যরত দেখলেন।
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It denotes a Sarasvatī-associated sacred tract conceptualized as a cluster of seven ‘Sārasvata’ loci (often understood as tīrthas/segments connected with the Sarasvatī tradition). The text uses it as a named pilgrimage destination where divine and ascetic events occur.
Dancing can mark ecstatic devotion, yogic rapture, or a dramatic sign of inner transformation. In māhātmya literature it also functions as a narrative hinge—an unusual act that prompts divine attention and reveals the tīrtha’s potency.
Grammatically it qualifies Mahādeva here (‘the pure/radiant Mahādeva’), while also resonating with tīrtha discourse where purity is both personal (deity/ascetic) and spatial (the sanctity of the kṣetra).