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Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 51

Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वाथ वाक्यं वृषभध्वजस्य मत्वा मुनिर्मङ्कणको महर्षे नृत्यं परित्यज्य सुविस्मितो ऽथ ववन्द पादौ विनयावनम्रः

Transliteration

śrutvātha vākyaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajasya matvā munirmaṅkaṇako maharṣe nṛtyaṃ parityajya suvismito 'tha vavanda pādau vinayāvanamraḥ

Translation

Nachdem der Weise Maṅkaṇaka die Worte des Herrn mit dem Stierbanner (Vṛṣabhadhvaja) vernommen und ihren Sinn erkannt hatte, gab er seinen Tanz auf. Dann, zutiefst erstaunt, verneigte er sich demütig und fiel vor Śivas Füßen nieder.

Word by Word
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action): ‘having heard’
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)
वाक्यम्speech; statement
वाक्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
वृषभध्वजस्यof the bull-bannered one (Śiva)
वृषभध्वजस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ-ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य’ (epithet of Śiva)
मत्वाhaving considered
मत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल: ‘having thought/considered’
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
मङ्कणकःMaṅkaṇaka
मङ्कणकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्कणक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य-नाम (proper name)
महर्षेO great sage
महर्षे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन
नृत्यम्dance
नृत्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
परित्यज्यhaving abandoned
परित्यज्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-त्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having abandoned’
सुविस्मितःgreatly astonished
सुविस्मितः:
Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सु’ + ‘विस्मित’
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)
ववन्दbowed; paid homage
ववन्द:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवन्द् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पादौ(two) feet
पादौ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
विनय-अवनम्रःhumbly bowed
विनय-अवनम्रः:
Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविनय + अवनम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (instrumental/hetu sense) ‘विनयेन अवनम्रः’ = bowed with humility
Speakers
Narrator describing Maṅkaṇaka’s response after Śiva’s admonition.
Primary Deities
Śiva
Key Themes
Repentance and humilityProper response to divine correctionRestraint of ecstatic displayGuru-like role of Śiva
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

It marks the cessation of pride-driven exhibition and a return to disciplined ascetic comportment; the narrative contrasts uncontrolled ecstasy with humility before the divine.

The epithet anchors the scene in Śaiva iconography and authority: the bull-banner signals Śiva’s sovereignty and his role as the archetypal yogin who governs tapas and its fruits.

Both: it is bhakti (submission) and vinaya (ethical self-correction), acknowledging Śiva as the higher standard for interpreting and regulating ascetic power.

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