Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 33

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

द्वितीये ऽह्नि गिरीशेन महादेवो नमन्त्रितः इहैव तिष्ठस्व विभो तपःसाधनाकारणात्

Transliteration

dvitīye 'hni girīśena mahādevo namantritaḥ ihaiva tiṣṭhasva vibho tapaḥsādhanākāraṇāt

Translation

Am zweiten Tag sprach Girīśa zu Mahādeva: „Bleibe hier selbst, o Herr, um die Askese (tapas) zur Vollendung zu bringen.“

Word by Word

• द्वितीये: on the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अह्नि)

• अह्नि: day
• अह्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गिरीशेन: by Girīśa (Lord of mountains)
• गिरीशेन: Karana (करण/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरीश (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरिणाम् ईशः)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• निमन्त्रितः: was invited
• निमन्त्रितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘was invited’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• तिष्ठस्व: stay
• तिष्ठस्व: Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तपःसाधनाकारणात्: because of the cause of accomplishing austerity
• तपःसाधनाकारणात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + साधन + कारण (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘तपसः साधनस्य कारणम्’ (reason for accomplishing austerity)

Speakers

• Narrative voice (primary dialogue framework not explicit in given excerpt; commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Mahadeva, Girisha)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Tapas
• Ashrama life
• Divine instruction

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas requires steadiness (sthiti) and a chosen locus. The instruction to ‘stay here’ highlights disciplined continuity—spiritual attainment is framed as the fruit of sustained practice rather than restlessness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This passage aligns most closely with Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narrative material (accounts of deities and their actions) rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga). It is episodic dharma-kathā about divine conduct and sacred practice.

What is the symbolic significance?

Śiva’s ‘remaining’ at a site for tapas symbolically sanctifies space: divine presence turns an ordinary place into an āśrama-field of siddhi. It also models the yogic ideal of abiding (sthāna-niṣṭhā).