Padma Purana — Patala Khanda, Shloka 38
Instruction to Śatrughna and the Mobilization for Rāma’s Aśvamedha
दक्षिणद्वारि भूमानौ कश्यपात्री तपोनिधी । पश्चिमद्वारि ऋषभौ जातूकर्ण्योऽथ जाजलिः
dakṣiṇadvāri bhūmānau kaśyapātrī taponidhī | paścimadvāri ṛṣabhau jātūkarṇyo'tha jājaliḥ
At the southern gate stand Bhūmāna, Kaśyapa, and Ātrī—treasures of austerity. At the western gate stand Ṛṣabha, Jātūkarṇya, and then Jājali.
Unspecified (narratorial listing within the chapter’s dialogue context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कश्यपात्री = कश्यप + अत्री (अ + अ → आ); जातूकर्ण्योऽथ = जातूकर्ण्यः + अथ (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ओऽ).
FAQs
The verse lists revered sages associated with specific directional “gates” (southern and western), presenting them as spiritually powerful guardians or presences tied to a sacred, cosmographic setting.
It is an honorific emphasizing that their spiritual authority and protective potency arise from accumulated tapas (austerity, disciplined practice), a common Purāṇic way of marking sanctity and power.
Indirectly: it highlights reverence for realized sages and the Purāṇic idea that disciplined spiritual practice (tapas) upholds cosmic and sacred order, even when the passage is primarily descriptive.