Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 71
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
देवैर्गणैश्चापि वृतो गिरीशः स शोभते मुक्तजटाग्रभारः यता वने सर्ज्जकदम्बमध्ये प्ररोहमूलो ऽथ वनस्पतिर्वै
devairgaṇaiścāpi vṛto girīśaḥ sa śobhate muktajaṭāgrabhāraḥ yatā vane sarjjakadambamadhye prarohamūlo 'tha vanaspatirvai
Von Göttern und auch von den Gaṇas umgeben, erstrahlte Girīśa, da die Masse der Enden seiner verfilzten Jaṭā gelöst war—wie ein Baum im Wald, der mit Schösslingen und Wurzeln inmitten von Sarjja- und Kadamba-Bäumen emporwächst.
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FAQs
The verse teaches dhyāna through beauty: contemplation of the Lord’s form (rūpa-śobha) stabilizes devotion. The presence of both devas and gaṇas suggests cosmic order harmonized around Śiva—divinity integrates the ‘celestial’ and the ‘liminal’.
It is descriptive narration within an episode (carita), not a pancalakṣaṇa core (sarga/pratisarga). Such iconographic passages often support tīrtha-māhātmya or bhakti instruction by supplying a meditational image.
Śiva’s loosened jaṭā evokes both ascetic power and unleashed grace. The forest-tree simile portrays him as the central ‘axis’ of the sacred ecology: just as a great tree rises amid other trees, Śiva stands resplendent amid devas and gaṇas, sustaining the spiritual ‘forest’ around him.