Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 31

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

ततस्तु कौतुकाविष्टः सर्वतुकुसुमे वने अवितृपतः सुगन्धस्य समन्ताद् व्यचरद् वनम्

Transliteration

tatastu kautukāviṣṭaḥ sarvatukusume vane avitṛpataḥ sugandhasya samantād vyacarad vanam

Translation

Then, seized by curiosity, in that forest filled everywhere with flowers, he wandered about on all sides—unsated by the fragrance.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna-arthaka (अपादानार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival sense)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle), विरोध/अनुवादार्थक

• kautuka-āviṣṭaḥ: overcome/possessed by curiosity
• kautuka-āviṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-viś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कौतुक-आविष्ट = कौतुकं येन आविष्टः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarvatu-kusume: in the forest full of flowers everywhere
• sarvatu-kusume: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — location qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvatu (प्रातिपदिक) + kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (sarvatu-kusuma = सर्वतुकुसुम); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vane इति)

• vane: in the forest
• vane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• a-vitṛpataḥ: not being satisfied; insatiate
• a-vitṛpataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛp (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्) with neg. a-
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle): अवितृपत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कौतुकाविष्टः इत्यस्य)

• sugandhasya: of the fragrance
• sugandhasya: Sambandha/Genitive (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सु + गन्ध); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• samantāt: all around
• samantāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — spatial adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• vyacarat: wandered; roamed
• vyacarat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-car (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect, past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vanam: the forest
• vanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not explicit in the provided excerpt (likely within Pulastya → Nārada narration)

Key Themes

• Sense-attraction (gandha) and restlessness
• Curiosity/wonder as a driver of wandering
• Forest imagery

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even refined pleasures (fragrance, flowers) can bind when pursued with avitṛpti (insatiability); the mind’s roaming mirrors attachment, and restraint is implied as the remedy.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / carita: it continues the character narrative, portraying mental disposition (kautuka, avitṛpti) through action (wandering).

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘flower-forest’ represents the alluring field of experiences (viṣaya); being ‘unsated by fragrance’ signals the endlessness of sensory craving, a classic Purāṇic cue that the plot is moving toward a corrective intervention (teaching, curse, boon, or deity-guided redirection).