Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

ततो जग्मुः मुरेशानं द्रष्टुं चक्रगदाधरम् श्वेत्दवीपे महाहंसं प्रपन्नाः शरणं हरिम्

Transliteration

tato jagmuḥ mureśānaṃ draṣṭuṃ cakragadādharam śvetdavīpe mahāhaṃsaṃ prapannāḥ śaraṇaṃ harim

Translation

Dann gingen sie, um den Herrn zu schauen, den Mura-Töter, den Träger von Diskus und Keule, der in Śvetadvīpa als der Große Schwan weilt; in Hingabe suchten sie Hari als Zuflucht.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, temporal adverb

• jagmuḥ: they went
• jagmuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect, परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद; 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Plural (बहुवचन)

• mura-īśānam: to Mureśāna (Lord who slew Mura; Viṣṇu)
• mura-īśānam: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘jagmuḥ’/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mura-īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुरस्य ईशानः), Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (तुमन्त), ‘to see’

• cakra-gadā-dharam: the bearer of discus and mace
• cakra-gadā-dharam: Karma (कर्म) (apposition to mureśānam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra + gadā + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘bearing discus and mace’), Masculine, Accusative Singular

• śvetadvīpe: in Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• śvetadvīpe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta-dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (श्वेतः द्वीपः), Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी) Singular

• mahā-haṃsam: the great Haṃsa
• mahā-haṃsam: Karma (कर्म) (apposition to harim)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (महान् हंसः), Masculine, Accusative Singular

• prapannāḥ: having sought refuge
• prapannāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (of implied ‘āsan’/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pad (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active/mediopassive participle in sense ‘having taken refuge’), Masculine, Nominative Plural

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative Singular; used adverbially with √śri/√pad sense ‘as refuge’

• harim: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• harim: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘prapannāḥ’/refuge taken)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative Singular

Speakers

• Narrative voice (frame not explicit in input; commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Hari; Mureśāna; Cakragadādhara)
• Devas

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Śaraṇāgati (Taking Refuge)
• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Vaishnavism
• Sectarian Harmony

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True security is located in surrender (prapatti) rather than self-reliance; the Devas model bhakti as an existential act—approaching Hari not as an ally of convenience but as śaraṇa (refuge).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is part of Rakṣā-oriented narrative within Vamśānucarita/Carita material: the crisis of the gods leads to approaching the supreme deity for restoration of order, a common Purāṇic plot-movement.

What is the symbolic significance?

Śvetadvīpa signals transcendence and purity; ‘Mahāhaṃsa’ evokes the paramahaṃsa ideal—discriminative wisdom and spiritual sovereignty—suggesting that Vishnu’s protection is both cosmic (weapons) and spiritual (highest discernment).