Vamana Purana — Shukra's Curse on King Danda, Shloka 112

Shukra’s Curse on King Danda and Andhaka’s Challenge to Shiva

Devanagari script

प्राप्य विश्रामहेत्वर्थमवतेरुस्त्वरान्विताः तेषां सारथयश्चाश्वान् स्नात्वा पीतोदकाप्लुतान्

Transliteration

prāpya viśrāmahetvarthamavaterustvarānvitāḥ teṣāṃ sārathayaścāśvān snātvā pītodakāplutān

Translation

Parvenus en ce lieu pour s’y reposer, ils descendirent promptement. Leurs cochers baignèrent alors les chevaux et les firent boire, de sorte qu’ils furent ragaillardis et ruisselants d’eau.

Speakers

• Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator) describing the travelers’ actions (speaker not explicit in the given excerpt).

Key Themes

• Pilgrimage logistics (yātrā-vidhi)
• Approach to a sacred region
• Purificatory use of water (snāna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Why does the text mention bathing and watering the horses in a tirtha-oriented chapter?

Purāṇic māhātmyas often include realistic travel details to frame the sanctity of the place: the party’s arrival, rest, and contact with water (snāna) function as narrative cues that they have entered a ritually significant landscape, even when the waterbody is not named in the verse.

Does āpluta here imply a ritual bath or simply practical washing?

In this immediate context it is practical (refreshing the horses), but Purāṇic diction intentionally overlaps the practical and the ritual: ‘being drenched/bathed’ echoes the broader theme of snāna as purification within a sacred geography.