Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 58
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
अथाजगाम स नृपस्य पुत्रस्तमाश्रमं ब्राह्मणपुङ्कवस्य दृष्ट्वा वसिष्ठं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना स्थितस्त्वपश्यत् तपतीं नरेन्द्रः // वम्प्_22.57 दृष्ट्वा च तां पद्मविशालनेत्रां तां पूर्वदृष्टामिति चिन्तयित्वा पप्रच्छ केयं ललना द्विजेन्द्र स वारुणिः प्राह नराधिपेन्द्रम्
athājagāma sa nṛpasya putrastamāśramaṃ brāhmaṇapuṅkavasya dṛṣṭvā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā sthitastvapaśyat tapatīṃ narendraḥ // VamP_22.57 dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ padmaviśālanetrāṃ tāṃ pūrvadṛṣṭāmiti cintayitvā papraccha keyaṃ lalanā dvijendra sa vāruṇiḥ prāha narādhipendram
Alors le fils du roi parvint à l’ermitage de ce brāhmaṇa éminent. Voyant Vasiṣṭha, il se prosterna, la tête inclinée ; puis, se tenant là, le souverain aperçut Tapatī. La voyant, aux grands yeux semblables au lotus, et songeant : «C’est celle que j’ai vue auparavant», il demanda : «Qui est cette jeune fille, ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés ?» Alors Vāruṇi répondit au seigneur des hommes.
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FAQs
Royal power is shown subordinated to spiritual authority: the prince first performs praṇipāta to Vasiṣṭha before pursuing personal desire—an ethic of humility and seeking wise counsel.
Vamśānucarita: the scene advances a lineage-linked romance that typically culminates in marriage and progeny, which Purāṇas use to bridge genealogies and historical-legendary cycles.
The ‘lotus-eyed’ description signals auspiciousness and divine/solar splendor; the repeated ‘seen before’ (pūrvadṛṣṭā) encodes a fate-like recognition, common in Purāṇic courtship narratives.