Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 42
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
हिमवानुवाच मत्पुत्रीं भगवन् कालीं पौत्रीं च पुलहाग्रजे पितॄणामपि दौहित्रीं प्रतीच्छेमां मयोद्यताम्
himavānuvāca matputrīṃ bhagavan kālīṃ pautrīṃ ca pulahāgraje pitṝṇāmapi dauhitrīṃ pratīcchemāṃ mayodyatām
हिमवान बोले—“भगवन्, मेरी पुत्री काली को स्वीकार कीजिए; जो पुलह के अग्रज की पौत्री कही गई है और पितरों की भी दौहित्रि है। मेरे द्वारा प्रस्तुत इस कन्या को ग्रहण कीजिए।”
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FAQs
The verse presents marriage/union as a dharmic act embedded in lineage and ancestral continuity; invoking Pitṛ-relations emphasizes responsibility to family and tradition while making offerings to the deity.
Primarily Vamśānucarita (genealogical/narrative material), since the verse foregrounds kinship descriptors (pautrī, dauhitrī) to situate Kāli within a sacral lineage network.
By linking Kāli to sages/ancestors (Pulaha’s line, Pitṛs), the text sacralizes her identity as not merely personal but cosmic-ancestral—suggesting that Śiva’s acceptance integrates wild transformative power (Kālī) into the ordered continuum of dharma and lineage.