Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 63
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
तां प्राह पुत्रि कस्यासि सुता सुरसुतोपमा किमर्थमागतासीह निर्मनुष्यमृगे वने
tāṃ prāha putri kasyāsi sutā surasutopamā kimarthamāgatāsīha nirmanuṣyamṛge vane
Il lui dit : « Ma fille, de qui es-tu la fille, toi qui ressembles à la fille d’un dieu ? Dans quel dessein es-tu venue ici, dans cette forêt sans hommes et pleine de bêtes sauvages ? »
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FAQs
The phrase heightens narrative tension and signals a liminal space typical of Purāṇic episodes: the wilderness is where transgressions, curses, and transformations occur, and where sages encounter extraordinary beings.
It is a conventional marker of extraordinary beauty and auspicious appearance, often foreshadowing a divine connection, a prior merit, or a plot involving curse/boon rather than an ordinary human backstory.
Not yet by name. Within Saromāhātmya-style narration, unnamed ‘forest’ settings often function as the narrative corridor leading into a named tīrtha or lake; the explicit geographical identifiers typically appear in surrounding verses.