Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 7

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

यमस्य क्षिणे पार्श्वे पालाशो दक्षिणोत्तरे कृष्णोदुम्बरको रुद्राज्जातः क्षोमकरो वृषः

Transliteration

yamasya kṣiṇe pārśve pālāśo dakṣiṇottare kṛṣṇodumbarako rudrājjātaḥ kṣomakaro vṛṣaḥ

Translation

On Yama’s left side arose the palāśa tree; on the right (the southern–northern side) the kṛṣṇa-udumbara. From Rudra was born the kṣomakara plant, yielding fibre for linen, and there also arose the bull (vṛṣa).

Word by Word

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• क्षिणे: on the left side
• क्षिणे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘in the left/weak side’ (contextual)

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular

• पालाशः: the palāśa tree (Butea monosperma)
• पालाशः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• दक्षिण-उत्तरे: on the south and north
• दक्षिण-उत्तरे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (दक्षिणं च उत्तरं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘in the south and north (sides)’

• कृष्ण-उदुम्बरकः: the dark udumbara tree
• कृष्ण-उदुम्बरकः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + उदुम्बरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृष्णः उदुम्बरकः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• रुद्रात्: from Rudra
• रुद्रात्: अपादान (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: क्रिया (क्रिया/Predicate, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘born’

• क्षोमकरः: producer of linen/flax
• क्षोमकरः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोम (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षोमं करोति/क्षोमस्य करः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• वृषः: bull
• वृषः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya to Nārada (standard frame for this section; not explicit in the given excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Yama
• Rudra (Śiva)

Key Themes

• Sacred flora
• Deity-tree correspondences
• Shaiva element within a broader Purāṇic catalogue

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse encodes a Purāṇic ethic of sacralized ecology: trees and plants are not merely resources but are linked to divine powers, encouraging reverence, restraint, and ritual care toward the natural world.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Best classified under Sarga/Pratisarga-style cataloguing of manifested entities (a cosmological listing of beings/objects arising in the created order), rather than Vamśānucarita or Manvantara narrative.

What is the symbolic significance?

Yama’s association with palāśa can signal rites connected with death/ancestral offerings, while Rudra as source indicates ascetic/transformative potency. The ‘vṛṣa’ motif also resonates with dharma (bull as emblem of dharma) and with Śaiva symbolism.