Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 39
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
सापि शर्ववचो रौद्रं श्रुत्वा ज्ञानसमन्विता अन्तर्दुःखेन दह्यन्ती पितरं प्राह पार्वती
sāpi śarvavaco raudraṃ śrutvā jñānasamanvitā antarduḥkhena dahyantī pitaraṃ prāha pārvatī
Auch sie, mit Einsicht begabt, hörte die strengen Worte Śarvas; innerlich von Kummer verzehrt, sprach Pārvatī zu ihrem Vater.
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FAQs
Discernment (jñāna) does not negate emotion; rather, inner pain can be refined into disciplined spiritual resolve. Pārvatī’s response models converting grief into purposeful sādhana instead of resentment.
This is best classified under Vamśānucarita / Carita (narrative of divine-associated lineages and exemplary figures), not sarga/pratisarga. It is an episode illustrating the character and conduct of Pārvatī within the Purāṇic narrative flow.
Śiva’s ‘raudra’ speech functions as a catalytic force: the ‘terrible’ becomes transformative. Pārvatī’s inner burning (dahyantī) foreshadows tapas (inner heat), suggesting that spiritual ‘heat’ is the sublimation of emotional heat.