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Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 87

Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode

Devanagari script

ततश्चकार भगवांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यं हरार्चने शास्त्राणि चैषां मुख्यानि नानोक्तिविदितानि च / 6.86 आद्यं शैवं परिख्यातमन्यत्पाशुपतं मुने तृतीयं कालवदनं चतुर्थं च कपालिनम्

Transliteration

tataścakāra bhagavāṃścāturvarṇyaṃ harārcane śāstrāṇi caiṣāṃ mukhyāni nānoktividitāni ca / 6.86 ādyaṃ śaivaṃ parikhyātamanyatpāśupataṃ mune tṛtīyaṃ kālavadanaṃ caturthaṃ ca kapālinam

Translation

Puis le Seigneur institua le cāturvarṇya, l’ordre social en quatre varṇa, pour le culte de Hara. Et les écritures principales de ces traditions, connues par des enseignements variés, sont : d’abord le système Śaiva, ainsi renommé ; ensuite le Pāśupata, ô sage ; le troisième, Kālavadana ; et le quatrième, Kapālin.

Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), 'then/thereafter'
चकारmade/created
चकार:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)
भगवान्the Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्the fourfold varṇa-system
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcātur + varṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष-समास: 'चतुर्णां वर्णानां भावः/समूहः'
हरार्चनेin the worship of Hara (Śiva)
हरार्चने:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothara + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: 'हरस्य अर्चनम्'
शास्त्राणिtreatises/scriptures
शास्त्राणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl)
मुख्यानिprincipal/chief
मुख्यानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl); विशेषण of शास्त्राणि
नानोक्‍तिविदितानिknown through various utterances/teachings
नानोक्‍तिविदितानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā + ukti + vidita (प्रातिपदिक; √vid (धातु) → विदित (कृदन्त))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl); कृदन्त: 'विदित' (past passive participle); तत्पुरुष-समास: 'नानाविध-उक्तिभिः विदितानि'
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
आद्यम्the first
आद्यम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
शैवम्Śaiva
शैवम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
परिख्यातम्well-known
परिख्यातम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpari + √khyā (धातु) → parikhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg); भूतकृदन्त (PPP)
अन्यत्another/second
अन्यत्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
पाशुपतम्Pāśupata
पाशुपतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
मुनेO sage
मुने:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m), सम्बोधन (Voc. 8), एकवचन (sg)
तृतीयम्the third
तृतीयम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
कालवदनम्Kālavadana (name/title)
कालवदनम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: 'कालस्य वदनम्'
चतुर्थम्the fourth
चतुर्थम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
कपालिनम्Kapālin (name/title)
कपालिनम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootkapālin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
Speakers
Not explicit in excerpt; verse addresses a ‘mune’ (sage)consistent with Purāṇic dialogue style
Primary Deities
Śiva (Hara)Bhagavān (agent of institution; often Viṣṇu in Vāmana Purāṇa contexts)
Key Themes
ShaivismRitualsDharma/Varna orderSectarian HarmonyScriptural classification
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

The passage frames religious practice as socially integrative: Hara-worship is presented as compatible with cāturvarṇya (ordered duties), implying that devotion is to be lived through regulated conduct rather than mere identity-based sectarianism.

This is primarily ācāra/dharma material (norms of worship and social-religious organization) embedded in Purāṇic narration. It supports the Purāṇic function of prescribing practice and mapping doctrinal lineages rather than cosmogony (sarga/pratisarga).

Listing multiple Śaiva streams (Śaiva, Pāśupata, Kālavadana, Kapālin) symbolizes pluralism within Śaiva religion and a Purāṇic attempt to domesticate even fierce/ascetic modes (e.g., Kapālin) within an overarching dharmic order.

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