Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 24

The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)

Devanagari script

अनये ऽब्रुवन् ध्रुवं देव्या रोहिण्याशशिनः क्षयम् दृष्ट्वा तप्तं तपो घोरं रुद्राराधनकाम्यया

Transliteration

anaye 'bruvan dhruvaṃ devyā rohiṇyāśaśinaḥ kṣayam dṛṣṭvā taptaṃ tapo ghoraṃ rudrārādhanakāmyayā

Translation

ついで彼らは女神ローヒニーに、月の衰えを確かに告げた。彼女がルドラを歓喜させんと望み、苛烈な苦行を行っているのを見たのである。

Word by Word

• अनये: to her
• अनये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; ‘to this (woman)’

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्; क्रियाविशेषण = ‘certainly’

• देव्या: of the goddess
• देव्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• रोहिण्या: of Rohiṇī
• रोहिण्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शशिनः: of the moon
• शशिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्षयम्: waning/decline
• क्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + tvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) = ‘having seen’

• तप्तम्: performed/undertaken (austerity)
• तप्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tap (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• रुद्राराधनकाम्यया: with the desire to worship Rudra
• रुद्राराधनकाम्यया: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra+ārādhana+kāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘रुद्रस्य आराधनं’ + ‘काम्य’ (desire-motivated)

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt (plural 'they said' suggests sages/attendants/narrative agents addressing Rohiṇī)

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Rudra)
• Candra/Soma (the Moon)
• Rohiṇī (deified nakṣatra/consort figure)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Tapas (austerity)
• Cosmology (lunar waning)
• Bhakti (propitiation of Rudra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

When confronted with loss/decline (kṣaya), the response modeled is disciplined spiritual effort directed toward the divine—transforming anxiety about impermanence into purposeful worship and inner resolve.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is not sarga/pratisarga; it is a devotional-etiological narrative explaining a cosmic condition (lunar waning) through tapas and deity-propitiation, fitting best as ancillary dharma-kathā within the Purāṇic narrative streams.

What is the symbolic significance?

The Moon’s waning (kṣaya) functions as a symbol of worldly diminution; Rohiṇī’s fierce tapas indicates that decline can be met by intensifying dharma and seeking Rudra’s stabilizing grace.