Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 3
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
स मे सुहृत्स मे बन्धुः स भ्रात स पिता मम यस्तामद्रिसुतां शीघ्नं ममान्ति कमुपानयेत्
sa me suhṛtsa me bandhuḥ sa bhrāta sa pitā mama yastāmadrisutāṃ śīghnaṃ mamānti kamupānayet
„Wer mir rasch jene Tochter des Berges herbeibringt, um mein Verlangen zu stillen, der ist mein Wohltäter, mein Verwandter; er ist mein Bruder, er ist mein Vater.“
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FAQs
The epithet ‘daughter of the mountain’ is a standard Purāṇic designation for Pārvatī (Umā), daughter of Himavat. Here it signals that Andhaka’s desire is directed toward Śiva’s consort.
It is a rhetorical escalation: Andhaka promises the highest relational status to anyone who fulfills his demand, highlighting the intensity of his obsession and the inversion of dharma (rewarding wrongdoing).
Not explicitly. The verse uses a mythic epithet tied to the mountain lineage of Pārvatī, but it does not name a particular mountain, tirtha, or region.