Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 52
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
तं प्रोवाच कविर्ब्रह्मन् बाञमेवं भविष्यति यस्यां चित्तं समालम्बि करिष्यसि ततः सुतः
taṃ provāca kavirbrahman bāñamevaṃ bhaviṣyati yasyāṃ cittaṃ samālambi kariṣyasi tataḥ sutaḥ
Kavi berkata kepadanya: “Wahai brāhmaṇa, hal itu sungguh akan terjadi demikian. Dari perempuan yang kepadanya engkau menambatkan pikiranmu, sesudah itu engkau akan memperoleh seorang putra.”
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FAQs
The verse frames progeny not merely as biological chance but as the fruition of intention (citta) aligned with a destined order (bhaviṣyati). It implies that disciplined resolve and right choice (the woman on whom the mind is fixed) cooperate with providence.
This is best classified under Vamśānucarita / narrative of lineages (genealogical consequence), since it predicts the arising of a son and thus a continuation of a line, rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
“Fixing the mind” (citta-samālambana) symbolically points to sankalpa—creative intention. In Purāṇic idiom, intention is a causal seed; the promised son represents the manifest fruit of a chosen focus.