Shloka 47
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Yamuna-Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
श्रुत्वा जाबालिरथ तद् वचनं वै तयोदितम् प्राह सुन्दरि गच्छस्व श्रीकण्ठं यमुनातटे
śrutvā jābāliratha tad vacanaṃ vai tayoditam prāha sundari gacchasva śrīkaṇṭhaṃ yamunātaṭe
Having heard those words spoken by her, Jābāli-ratha said: “O fair one, go to Śrīkaṇṭha on the bank of the Yamunā.”
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FAQs
Śrīkaṇṭha is primarily an epithet of Śiva (‘the auspicious-throated’). In Purāṇic geography, such epithets frequently denote a localized shrine/tīrtha as well; the verse explicitly situates ‘Śrīkaṇṭha’ on the Yamunā bank, indicating a Śiva-site associated with that name.
The Vāmana Purāṇa often frames events through sacred geography. Locating the action at the Yamunā-taṭa signals a tīrtha-context: the riverbank is a ritual threshold where worship, vows, and encounters with deities are narratively and theologically intensified.
It redirects the character toward a specific sacred locus where the next ritual or encounter will occur—here, a Śaiva destination (Śrīkaṇṭha) that anchors the subsequent action in a geographically identifiable holy setting.