Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

समुत्पत्य महायोगी गगनं रविमण्डलम् विवेश देवं तिग्मांशु ददर्श स्यन्दने स्थितम्

Transliteration

samutpatya mahāyogī gaganaṃ ravimaṇḍalam viveśa devaṃ tigmāṃśu dadarśa syandane sthitam

Translation

Da erhob sich der große Yogi und trat in den Himmel, in den Sonnenkreis, ein. Er erblickte den Gott Tigmāṃśu (die Sonne), auf seinem Wagen stehend.

Word by Word

• samutpatya: having risen up / having flown up
• samutpatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ut-√pat (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), from √pat ‘to fly/jump’ with prefixes सम्+उत्; indeclinable verbal form (क्रियाविशेषण)

• mahāyogī: the great yogi
• mahāyogī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• gaganam: the sky
• gaganam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gagana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया 2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ravimaṇḍalam: the sun’s orb / solar disc
• ravimaṇḍalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया 2), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of the sun’ + ‘disc/orb’

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√viś (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया 2), Singular (एकवचन)

• tigmāṃśum: the sharp-rayed one (Sun)
• tigmāṃśum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tigma + aṃśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया 2), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘sharp’ + ‘rayed’ (epithet of the Sun)

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• syandane: in the chariot
• syandane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: syandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी 7), Singular (एकवचन)

• sthitam: standing / situated
• sthitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया 2), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘tigmāṃśum/devam’ by sense (standing/being situated)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the given verse-set (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Sūrya (Bhāskara / Divākara)

Key Themes

• Yoga
• Deva-darśana
• Cosmic geography
• Devotion (reverential vision)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Yogic attainment is portrayed as enabling direct ‘darśana’ of cosmic deities; reverence toward divine order (ṛta/dharma) is implied by the approach to Sūrya, the visible regulator of time.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily supports Sarga/Pratisarga-style cosmography (description of higher realms and divine stations) rather than vamśa or manvantara material; it is a theophanic-cosmological passage.

What is the symbolic significance?

Entering the ‘ravi-maṇḍala’ symbolizes penetrating the luminous principle—Sūrya as the manifest eye of the cosmos—suggesting that disciplined yoga can traverse from gross space to divine presence.