Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 98
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
यदासीन्मुष्टिबन्धं तु रुक्मपृष्ठं महाप्रभम् स चम्पकतरुर्जातः सुगन्धाढ्यो गुणाकृतिः
yadāsīnmuṣṭibandhaṃ tu rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāprabham sa campakatarurjātaḥ sugandhāḍhyo guṇākṛtiḥ
जो धनुष का मुष्टिबन्ध (हाथ का पकड़) था—स्वर्ण-पृष्ठ और अत्यन्त तेजस्वी—वही सुगन्ध से परिपूर्ण, सुन्दर रूप वाला चम्पक-वृक्ष बन गया।
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FAQs
Even when desire is ‘burned,’ its energy can be transmuted—here into fragrance and beauty—suggesting sublimation rather than mere negation.
Carita/aakhyāna material with an aetiological function (explaining an origin in the world); it is not primarily genealogical or cosmological.
The campaka’s perfume stands for refined rasa: the gross form of desire is destroyed, but an elevated aesthetic essence remains, aligned with dharma and auspiciousness.