Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 1
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
इति श्रीवाम्नपुराणे त्रयस्त्रिंशोंऽध्यायः नारद उवाच क्व गतः शङ्करो ह्यासीद्येनाम्बा नन्दिना सह अनधकं योधयामास एतन्मे वक्तुमर्हसि
iti śrīvāmnapurāṇe trayastriṃśoṃ'dhyāyaḥ nārada uvāca kva gataḥ śaṅkaro hyāsīdyenāmbā nandinā saha anadhakaṃ yodhayāmāsa etanme vaktumarhasi
So endet das dreiunddreißigste Kapitel des Śrī Vāmana-Purāṇa. Nārada sprach: „Wohin ist Śaṅkara gegangen – er, der zusammen mit Ambā und Nandin gegen Andhaka kämpfte? Du sollst mir dies darlegen.“
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FAQs
Purāṇic manuscripts often preserve colophons as part of the running text. They mark structural boundaries (end of Adhyāya 33) and help reciters and scribes maintain division, especially in oral-performance contexts.
It emphasizes that Andhaka’s offense is not merely against Śiva but against the Śiva–Śakti unity (Ambā) and the divine retinue/order (Nandin as gaṇa leader). The triad signals a full cosmic response: deity, śakti, and attendant forces.
The question cues a narrative explanation—often a digression about Śiva’s movement, strategy, or a theological reason for withdrawal/relocation—setting up Pulastya’s account in the following verses.