Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 58
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
अथाजगाम स नृपस्य पुत्रस्तमाश्रमं ब्राह्मणपुङ्कवस्य दृष्ट्वा वसिष्ठं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना स्थितस्त्वपश्यत् तपतीं नरेन्द्रः // वम्प्_22.57 दृष्ट्वा च तां पद्मविशालनेत्रां तां पूर्वदृष्टामिति चिन्तयित्वा पप्रच्छ केयं ललना द्विजेन्द्र स वारुणिः प्राह नराधिपेन्द्रम्
athājagāma sa nṛpasya putrastamāśramaṃ brāhmaṇapuṅkavasya dṛṣṭvā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā sthitastvapaśyat tapatīṃ narendraḥ // VamP_22.57 dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ padmaviśālanetrāṃ tāṃ pūrvadṛṣṭāmiti cintayitvā papraccha keyaṃ lalanā dvijendra sa vāruṇiḥ prāha narādhipendram
Then the king’s son came to the hermitage of that foremost Brāhmaṇa. Seeing Vasiṣṭha, he bowed with his head; standing there, the ruler beheld Tapatī. Seeing her—lotus-eyed, with large wide eyes—and thinking, “She is the one I saw before,” he asked, “Who is this maiden, O best of twice-born?” Then Vāruṇi spoke to the lord of men.
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FAQs
Royal power is shown subordinated to spiritual authority: the prince first performs praṇipāta to Vasiṣṭha before pursuing personal desire—an ethic of humility and seeking wise counsel.
Vamśānucarita: the scene advances a lineage-linked romance that typically culminates in marriage and progeny, which Purāṇas use to bridge genealogies and historical-legendary cycles.
The ‘lotus-eyed’ description signals auspiciousness and divine/solar splendor; the repeated ‘seen before’ (pūrvadṛṣṭā) encodes a fate-like recognition, common in Purāṇic courtship narratives.