Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 16
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
य एते पितरो दिव्यास्त्वग्निष्वात्तेति विश्रुताः अमीषां मानसी कन्या मेना नाम्नास्ति देवताः
ya ete pitaro divyāstvagniṣvātteti viśrutāḥ amīṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāmnāsti devatāḥ
જે દિવ્ય પિતૃઓ ‘અગ્નિષ્વાત્ત’ તરીકે પ્રસિદ્ધ છે, તેમની એક માનસી કન્યા—મેના નામની દેવી—છે।
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FAQs
The verse frames ancestry and subtle origins (mind-born beings) as part of dharmic cosmology, emphasizing continuity between the seen world and the subtle, ritually significant Pitṛ realm.
Sarga (creation/cosmological listing) and partial Vaṃśa (lineage): it provides classificatory information about a class of Pitṛs and a related divine figure.
Agniṣvāttas (‘those sanctified by/connected with Agni’) symbolize the transmutation of offerings into ancestral continuity; a ‘mind-born daughter’ highlights creation through saṅkalpa (intent) rather than physical generation.