Vamana Purana — Narada Questions Pulastya, Shloka 25
Narada Questions Pulastya: The Vamana Purana Begins and Satī’s Monsoon Lament
ममोपवीतं भुजगेश्वरः शुभे कर्णे ऽपि पद्मश्च तथैव पिङ्गलः केयूरमेकं मम कम्बलस्त्वहिर्द्वितीयमन्यो भुजगो धनञ्जयः
mamopavītaṃ bhujageśvaraḥ śubhe karṇe 'pi padmaśca tathaiva piṅgalaḥ keyūramekaṃ mama kambalastvahirdvitīyamanyo bhujago dhanañjayaḥ
“O auspicious one, the lord of serpents is my upavīta, my sacred thread. Padma and likewise Piṅgala are upon my ears. One armlet of mine is the serpent Kambala; the second armlet is another serpent, Dhanañjaya.”
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes the ascetic-divine ideal where worldly luxury is replaced by natural, fearsome, and symbolic ornaments—signifying mastery over fear, poison, and death, and the transmutation of danger into adornment.
Primarily ancillary narrative/description within Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna-style sections rather than core Sarga/Pratisarga; it supports theological characterization (devatā-svarūpa-varṇana).
Serpents signify time (kāla), mortality, and latent power (kuṇḍalinī/tejas). Wearing them as upavīta and ornaments marks the deity as sovereign over these forces and as the one who integrates opposites—terror and beauty, poison and protection.