Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 20

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

ततः क्षणेन देवेशः क्ष्माधराधिपतेस्तलम् संप्राप्तास्त्वागमन् शैलाः कुञ्जरस्थाः समन्ततः

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaṇena deveśaḥ kṣmādharādhipatestalam saṃprāptāstvāgaman śailāḥ kuñjarasthāḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Kemudian seketika itu juga, Penguasa para dewa mencapai wilayah Raja Gunung. Dari segala penjuru, gunung-gunung yang bertempat di atas gajah datang dan berdiri mengelilingi.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd, instrumental), एकवचन; काल-करण (within a moment)

• deveśaḥ: the Lord of gods
• deveśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: deva + īśa; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kṣmā-dhara-adhipateḥ: of the lord of the mountains
• kṣmā-dhara-adhipateḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣmā + dhara + adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘क्ष्मां धरति’ (mountain) + ‘अधिपति’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• talam: surface, ground (place)
• talam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saṃprāptāḥ: having arrived
• saṃprāptāḥ: Kriyā/Viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + prāp (धाातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘शैलाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (having arrived)

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis: ‘but/indeed’)

• āgaman: came
• āgaman: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धाातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; वैदिक/छान्दस-रूप ‘āgaman’ = ‘āgaman’ (āgaman/āgaman) for ‘āgaman/āgacchan’ sense

• śailāḥ: mountains
• śailāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• kuñjara-sthāḥ: standing on elephants
• kuñjara-sthāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuñjara + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: ‘कुञ्जरे स्थिताः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘śailāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• samantataḥ: from all sides
• samantataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘on all sides’)

Speakers

• Narrative frame not explicit in input (typically Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa); here: third-person narration

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Sacred Geography
• Devotional Reverence (personified mountains paying homage)
• Purāṇic Personification

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Cosmic hierarchy is portrayed as devotional order: even the ‘earth-bearers’ (mountains) move to honor the divine presence. The ethical subtext is humility before īśvara and readiness to serve dharma when the divine purpose arrives.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily within Vamśānucarita / Carita-style narration (accounts of divine deeds and sacred locales), with a strong tīrtha/kshetra coloration (descriptive sacred geography through personified entities).

What is the symbolic significance?

Mountains ‘mounted on elephants’ amplifies royal procession imagery: stability (mountain) supported by power (elephant). It symbolizes the mobilization of the fixed cosmos itself when īśvara enters a region—nature becomes liturgical.