Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 51
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच यस्मात्त्वया पुत्र सुदुर्धराणि विजृम्भणादीन् प्रतीच्छितानि तस्माद्वरं त्वां प्रतिपूजनाय दास्यामि लोक्य च हास्यकारि
hara uvāca yasmāttvayā putra sudurdharāṇi vijṛmbhaṇādīn pratīcchitāni tasmādvaraṃ tvāṃ pratipūjanāya dāsyāmi lokya ca hāsyakāri
Hara sprach: „Weil du, mein Sohn, die äußerst schwer zu ertragenden Leiden, beginnend mit vijṛmbhaṇa und dergleichen, angenommen hast, werde ich dir als Gabe für deine gebührende Verehrung einen weltlichen Segen verleihen, der die Menschen zum Lachen bringt.“
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FAQs
Endurance of hardship undertaken in a devotional or disciplined context is portrayed as meritorious and worthy of divine reciprocation; the deity responds with a boon proportionate to the devotee’s acceptance (pratīcchā) and worship (pratipūjā).
Vamśānucarita/Carita-type material (narrative of boons and their consequences) rather than cosmological Sarga/Pratisarga; it functions as a didactic episode explaining a ritual result and its social effect.
‘Hāsyakāri’ frames a paradoxical boon: what appears as ridicule or comic effect becomes a marked, deity-authored sign (liṅga) of divine favor—suggesting that social perception can be inverted when viewed through a dhārmic lens.