Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 17
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
केदाराय वरं दत्त्वा जगम त्वरितो हरः स्नातुं भानुसुतां देवीं कालिन्दीं पापनाशिनीम्
kedārāya varaṃ dattvā jagama tvarito haraḥ snātuṃ bhānusutāṃ devīṃ kālindīṃ pāpanāśinīm
Tras otorgar un don excelente a Kedāra, Hara (Śiva) partió con premura para bañarse en la diosa Kāлиндī, hija del Sol, destructora de los pecados.
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FAQs
‘Kālindī’ is a well-known epithet of the Yamunā, linked to the Kalinda mountain tradition and to her mythic genealogy as Sūrya’s daughter. Purāṇas frequently present major rivers as goddesses with divine parentage to ground their sanctity.
Purāṇic tīrthas are often personified; ‘varaṃ dattvā’ indicates Śiva’s consecration of the site—granting it a specific salvific capacity (e.g., purification, akṣaya merit), thereby authorizing its mahimā.
Yes. The narrative depicts movement from Kedāra to the Kālindī, modeling a connected sacred landscape where distinct sites (a Śaiva tīrtha and a major river) are linked through divine travel and ritual bathing.