Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 62
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
पुलस्त्य उवाच सोमप्रभाया वचनं श्रुत्वा संकम्प्य वै शिरः विहस्य च महाहासं भिक्षुराह वचस्त्विदम्
pulastya uvāca somaprabhāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā saṃkampya vai śiraḥ vihasya ca mahāhāsaṃ bhikṣurāha vacastvidam
Pulastya berkata: setelah mendengar ucapan Somaprabhā, sang pertapa pengemis menggelengkan kepala; lalu tertawa lebar dan mengucapkan kata-kata ini.
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FAQs
Spiritual narratives often introduce a ‘testing’ interlocutor: the bhikṣu’s head-shake and laughter foreshadow scrutiny of motives, methods, or assumptions—inviting discernment (viveka).
Again episodic Carita within the Purāṇic dialogue framework; it advances the plot by setting up the bhikṣu’s forthcoming counsel or challenge.
Laughter (mahāhāsa) can mark the exposure of paradox—worldly categories applied to divinity (e.g., ‘desire’ and ‘marriage’) are about to be reinterpreted in a higher theological register.