Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 27
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
ततो विबुध्यन्ति सुराः क्रमशः क्रमशो मुने तुलास्थेर्ऽके हरिः कामः शिवः पश्चाद्विबुध्यते
tato vibudhyanti surāḥ kramaśaḥ kramaśo mune tulāsther'ke hariḥ kāmaḥ śivaḥ paścādvibudhyate
Alors, ô sage, les dieux s’éveillent l’un après l’autre, selon l’ordre prescrit. Lorsque le Soleil est en Balance, Hari s’éveille ; puis (s’éveille) Kāma, et ensuite Śiva s’éveille.
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FAQs
Religious life is portrayed as ordered and inclusive: devotion is not framed as rivalry but as a sequential honoring of multiple deities, encouraging broad reverence and social-religious harmony.
As with the surrounding material, it belongs to dharma/vrata-vidhi (ācāra) rather than the five hallmark narrative categories; it uses cosmological time (Sun in Libra) to regulate ritual practice.
The ‘awakening’ motif signifies the return of auspicious activity after a period of restraint: Hari’s waking is central to Vaiṣṇava observance, while Kāma and Śiva appearing in the same sequence signals a Purāṇic synthesis where worldly flourishing (Kāma) and transcendence/auspiciousness (Śiva) are integrated with Viṣṇu’s order-preserving role.