Śuka’s Yoga-ascent, the Echo of ‘Bhoḥ’, and the Vaikuṇṭha Vision
यत्र विदुमसोपानाः स्वर्णरत्नविचित्रिताः । वाप्य उत्पलंसंछन्नाः सुरस्त्रीक्रीडनाकुलाः ॥ ४४ ॥
yatra vidumasopānāḥ svarṇaratnavicitritāḥ | vāpya utpalaṃsaṃchannāḥ surastrīkrīḍanākulāḥ || 44 ||
वहाँ विदुम-मणि की सीढ़ियाँ हैं जो स्वर्ण और रत्नों से विचित्र रूप से अलंकृत हैं; और सरोवर कमलों से आच्छादित हैं, जिनमें देवांगनाएँ क्रीड़ा में मग्न रहती हैं।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
It portrays the divine realm’s purity and abundance as a symbolic outcome of dharma and devotion—an image meant to inspire detachment from worldly pleasure and aspiration for higher, sattvic attainment.
By describing a divine abode filled with auspicious beauty, it supports the Purana’s bhakti-oriented teaching that loving devotion to the Lord culminates in reaching an exalted, blissful state beyond ordinary human experience.
No specific Vedanga is taught in this verse; it is primarily a descriptive (stuti) passage presenting the phala (result) and atmosphere of a divine loka rather than technical instruction in ritual, grammar, or astrology.
Read Narada Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.