Vamana Purana — Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata, Shloka 15

The Nakshatra-Purusha Vrata: Worship of Vishnu’s Body as the Constellations

Devanagari script

गच्छतः पथि तस्याथ मरुभूमौ कलिप्रिय अभवद् दस्युतो रात्रौ अवस्कन्दो ऽतिदुःसहः

Transliteration

gacchataḥ pathi tasyātha marubhūmau kalipriya abhavad dasyuto rātrau avaskando 'tiduḥsahaḥ

Translation

માર્ગમાં જતા, કલિને પ્રિય એવી તે રણભૂમિમાં, રાત્રે દસ્યુઓનો ધાવો થયો—જે અત્યંત અસહ્ય હતો.

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Saromāhātmya section (speaker-to-listener not specified in the provided excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Kali (as personification of the age)

Key Themes

• Kali-yuga disorder and insecurity
• Banditry as moral-geographical marker of liminal spaces
• Night raid (avaskanda) as narrative turning point

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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