Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 20
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
सापि जाता मुनिश्रेष्ठ सन्ध्या रागवती ततः प्रतीच्छत् कृत्तिकायोगं शैलेया विग्रहं दृढम्
sāpi jātā muniśreṣṭha sandhyā rāgavatī tataḥ pratīcchat kṛttikāyogaṃ śaileyā vigrahaṃ dṛḍham
তখন সেও, হে মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ, রাগসমন্বিতা সন্ধ্যা হয়ে উঠল; পরে সে কৃত্তিকা-যোগ গ্রহণ করে শৈলজাতের ন্যায় দৃঢ় দেহ ধারণ করল।
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FAQs
Unchecked rāga (attachment/passion) is depicted as a degradation from a sacred function into a bound condition with tangible consequences. The narrative frames moral disorder as producing ontological change—one’s ‘form’ becomes heavy/rigid when inner balance is lost.
It remains within didactic-etiological narration used to sacralize ritual/temporal observances (Sandhyā, yogas). It is not a primary sarga/pratisarga account; it functions as explanatory ‘carita’ supporting vrata/ācāra culture around auspicious times.
Kṛttikā is often associated with fiery purification and divine nurture in broader Sanskrit tradition; juxtaposed with Sandhyā becoming rāgavatī and ‘stone-like,’ the verse can symbolize a fall from luminous transition (Sandhyā) into fixity (dṛḍha vigraha), i.e., consciousness hardening under passion.