Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 4

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मान्महाशैलं कैलासं सह दैवतैः जगाम भगवान् शर्वः कर्तुं वैवाहिकं विधिम्

Transliteration

tatastasmānmahāśailaṃ kailāsaṃ saha daivataiḥ jagāma bhagavān śarvaḥ kartuṃ vaivāhikaṃ vidhim

Translation

Daraufhin begab sich der Erhabene Śarva (Śiva) von dort aus zusammen mit den Göttern zum großen Berg Kailāsa, um den Hochzeitsritus zu vollziehen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: देश/काल-अधिकरण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: अपादान (पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; 'from there/from that'

• महाशैलम्: the great mountain
• महाशैलम्: कर्म (द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा+शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् शैलः = 'great mountain'

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: कर्म (द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper noun

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable) governing तृतीया

• दैवतैः: with the deities
• दैवतैः: सह/सहचर (तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; 'with the deities'

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया (आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'went'

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: कर्ता (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of शर्वः

• शर्वः: Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वः: कर्ता (प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; name of Śiva

• कर्तुम्: to perform
• कर्तुम्: प्रयोजन (तुमर्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive); 'to do/perform'

• वैवाहिकम्: marriage-related
• वैवाहिकम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवाहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of विधिम्

• विधिम्: rite / procedure
• विधिम्: कर्म (द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narratorial layer not specified in input (often Pulastya → Nārada framework)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Śarva)
• Devas (daivata)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Ritual (vivāha/vaivāhika-vidhi)
• Sacred geography (Kailasa)
• Divine social order

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ritual is portrayed as cosmically significant: even divine unions are framed through vidhi (regulated rite), teaching that dharma is sustained through orderly sacraments and not mere impulse.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Narrative (Vamśānucarita) material again: a mythic event-sequence concerning divine actions and sacred locales, rather than primary cosmogonic categories.

What is the symbolic significance?

Kailāsa functions as the axis of Śaiva sacrality (a ‘mahāśaila’ anchoring divine presence). The ‘vaivāhika-vidhi’ signals the sanctification of householding and social order at a divine archetypal level.