Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 3

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

या सा हिमवतः पुत्री भवेनोढा तपोधना उमा नाम्ना च तस्याः सा कोशाञ्जाता तुकौशिकी

Transliteration

yā sā himavataḥ putrī bhavenoḍhā tapodhanā umā nāmnā ca tasyāḥ sā kośāñjātā tukauśikī

Translation

যিনি হিমবতের কন্যা, তপস্যাধন, ভব (শিব)-বিবাহিতা এবং উমা নামে খ্যাত—তিনি নিজ কোষ (আবরণ) থেকে কৌশিকী রূপে জন্ম নিলেন।

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तदनुयोगी (correlative)

• himavataḥ: of Himavat
• himavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• putrī: daughter
• putrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhavena: by Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/सह (by/with Bhava=Śiva)

• ūḍhā: married (carried as bride)
• ūḍhā: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘विवाहिता’

• tapo-dhanā: rich in austerity
• tapo-dhanā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapas + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘यस्याः धनं तपः’

• umā: Umā
• umā: Karta (कर्ता/identificand)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (by name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-निर्देश

• kośāt: from the sheath/covering
• kośāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (from the sheath/covering)

• jātā: born / arisen
• jātā: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (past participle/PPP in sense ‘born’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अवधारण (but/indeed)

• kauśikī: Kauśikī
• kauśikī: Karta (कर्ता/identificand)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (narrative frame)

Primary Deities

• Umā/Devī
• Śiva (Bhava)
• Himavat

Key Themes

• Śaiva-Śākta theology
• Devī’s epithets and forms
• Manifestation from kośa (metamorphosis motif)
• Daitya-Deva Conflict (setup)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas (spiritual discipline) is portrayed as true wealth (tapodhana), and the divine feminine is shown as capable of self-transformation into the precise form needed for protection and restoration of dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita/Carita: it identifies divine personages (Himavat’s daughter; Śiva’s consort) and narrates a specific prādurbhāva (manifestation) that leads into the demon-slaying episode.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Kośa’ can be read as an outer covering or limiting condition; Kauśikī’s emergence signifies the revelation of an unbound, luminous śakti from within—an inner power becoming overt for cosmic action.