Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 50
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
विजृम्भणं पुत्र तथैव तापमुन्मादमुग्रं मदनप्रणुन्नम् नान्यः पुमान् धारयितुं हि शक्तो मुक्त्वा भवन्तं हि ततः प्रतीच्छ // वम्प्_6.49 पुलस्त्य उवाच इत्येवमुक्तो वृषभध्वजेन यक्षः प्रतीच्छत् स विजृम्भणादीन् तोषं जगामाशु ततस्त्रिशूली तुष्टस्तदैवं वचनं बभाषे
vijṛmbhaṇaṃ putra tathaiva tāpamunmādamugraṃ madanapraṇunnam nānyaḥ pumān dhārayituṃ hi śakto muktvā bhavantaṃ hi tataḥ pratīccha // VamP_6.49 pulastya uvāca ityevamukto vṛṣabhadhvajena yakṣaḥ pratīcchat sa vijṛmbhaṇādīn toṣaṃ jagāmāśu tatastriśūlī tuṣṭastadaivaṃ vacanaṃ babhāṣe
“Wahai anak, terimalah kelesuan menguap (vijṛmbhaṇa), juga panas yang membakar, serta kegilaan dahsyat yang didorong oleh Kāma. Tiada lelaki lain sanggup menanggungnya selain engkau; maka terimalah.” Pulastya berkata: Setelah demikian diucapkan oleh Tuhan berpanji lembu (Śiva), Yakṣa itu menerima derita mulai dari vijṛmbhaṇa. Lalu Sang Pembawa Trisula segera puas dan, dengan senang hati, berkata lagi.
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FAQs
The episode valorizes capacity (adhikāra) and willing acceptance: some burdens—symbolizing intense inner afflictions—are bearable only by a prepared, devoted recipient. Service to the Lord includes taking on difficult responsibilities for the restoration of balance.
Carita/Vamśānucarita narrative material, explicitly marked by the Pulastya framing. It is not a cosmological sarga/pratisarga passage but an episode within the Purāṇic instruction-through-story mode.
The ‘transfer’ of vijṛmbhaṇa–tāpa–unmāda externalizes psychological/ascetic realities: a yogically strong or divinely tasked being can ‘contain’ forces that would destabilize others. Śiva’s satisfaction indicates restoration of equilibrium when disruptive energies are properly held.