Vamana Purana — Shukra's Curse on King Danda, Shloka 16
Shukra’s Curse on King Danda and Andhaka’s Challenge to Shiva
बाढमाह ऋषिश्रेष्ठस्ततो नत्वा महेश्वरम् गते ते ऋषिणा सार्द्धू पुष्करारण्यमादरात्
bāḍhamāha ṛṣiśreṣṭhastato natvā maheśvaram gate te ṛṣiṇā sārddhū puṣkarāraṇyamādarāt
Alors le plus éminent des sages répondit : « Qu’il en soit ainsi. » Puis, s’étant incliné devant Maheśvara (Śiva), ils partirent avec ce sage et, avec révérence, gagnèrent la forêt de Puṣkara (Puṣkarāraṇya).
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FAQs
The verse frames pilgrimage as beginning with deity-vandana (obeisance). Even when the destination is a tīrtha, the journey is ritually ‘authorized’ by honoring a presiding deity—here Śiva—signaling the Purāṇic norm of integrating devotion with sacred geography.
In tīrtha literature, “araṇya” marks a sanctified ecological zone—woodland, hermitages, and ritual sites—forming a pilgrimage micro-region around Puṣkara rather than a single point-location.
Not necessarily. The act of bowing to Śiva functions as a conventional auspicious preface; Puṣkara traditions are often multi-deity, and the chapter’s emphasis is on tīrtha-mahimā rather than exclusive sectarian identity.