Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 6

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

महास्थिशेखरी चारुरोचनालिकलो हरः सिंहाजिनी चालिनीलभुजङ्गकृतकुण्डलः

Transliteration

mahāsthiśekharī cārurocanālikalo haraḥ siṃhājinī cālinīlabhujaṅgakṛtakuṇḍalaḥ

Translation

[{"pada_word": "saptaṣaṣṭiḥ", "root": "sapta-ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Adjective", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": "Dvandva", "grammatical_metadata": "संख्यावाचक (numeral) ‘67’; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन-रूपम्; कोट्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्", "karaka_role": "Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)", "english_meaning": "sixty-seven", "difficulty_level": 3}, {"pada_word": "tathā", "root": "tathā (अव्यय)", "type": "Indeclinable", "sanskrit_type": "Avyaya", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "अव्यय (connector/adverb: 'and/also')", "karaka_role": "Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)", "english_meaning": "and/also", "difficulty_level": 1}, {"pada_word": "koṭyaḥ", "root": "koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Noun", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन", "karaka_role": "Karta (कर्ता)", "english_meaning": "crores", "difficulty_level": 1}, {"pada_word": "gaṇānām", "root": "gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Noun", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन", "karaka_role": "Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)", "english_meaning": "of the hosts (gaṇas)", "difficulty_level": 1}, {"pada_word": "ṛṣi-sattama", "root": "ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Noun", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": "Karmadharaya", "grammatical_metadata": "पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्", "karaka_role": "Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)", "english_meaning": "O best of sages", "difficulty_level": 2}, {"pada_word": "catur-viṃśat", "root": "catur (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Adjective", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": "Dvandva", "grammatical_metadata": "संख्यावाचक (numeral) ‘24’; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; (ऋषीणाम् इत्यस्य) कोट्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (understood)", "karaka_role": "Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)", "english_meaning": "twenty-four", "difficulty_level": 3}, {"pada_word": "tathā", "root": "tathā (अव्यय)", "type": "Indeclinable", "sanskrit_type": "Avyaya", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "अव्यय (connector)", "karaka_role": "Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)", "english_meaning": "and/also", "difficulty_level": 1}, {"pada_word": "jagmuḥ", "root": "gam (धातु)", "type": "Verb", "sanskrit_type": "Tinganta", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्", "karaka_role": "Kriyā (क्रिया)", "english_meaning": "went", "difficulty_level": 2}, {"pada_word": "ṛṣīṇām", "root": "ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Noun", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": null, "grammatical_metadata": "पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन", "karaka_role": "Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)", "english_meaning": "of the sages", "difficulty_level": 1}, {"pada_word": "ūrdhva-retasām", "root": "ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक) + retas (प्रातिपदिक)", "type": "Adjective", "sanskrit_type": "Subanta", "compound_type": "Bahuvrihi", "grammatical_metadata": "पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; बहुव्र�Vamana Purana,27,7,VamP 27.7,mahāhiratnavalayo hārakeyūranūpuraḥ samunnātajaṭābhāro vṛṣabhastho virājate,महाहिरत्नवलयो हारकेयूरनूपुरः समुन्नातजटाभारो वृषभस्थो विराजते,Shaiva-Vaishnava Synthesis / Rudra-description (majesty and ornaments),Iconography of Shiva (Hara): ornaments

Speakers

• Narrative frame not stated in the provided excerpt (often Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Hara)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Iconography
• Ascetic symbolism

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Śiva’s adornments invert worldly luxury: bones, skins, and serpents symbolize mastery over fear, death, and desire—an ethic of detachment and inner sovereignty.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It is descriptive material within Vaṃśānucarita/Ākhyāna-style narration (characterization of deities), not a primary cosmogonic (sarga) passage.

What is the symbolic significance?

Lion-skin indicates untamed power subdued; serpent-earrings signify control of primal energies (nāga/kuṇḍalinī resonances in later readings) and fearlessness in the cremation-ground aesthetic of Śaiva theology.