Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 43

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

ज्वलज्जटाकलापो ऽसौ दिवाकरसमीपगः शोभते वारुणिः श्रीमान् द्वितीय इव भास्करः

Transliteration

jvalajjaṭākalāpo 'sau divākarasamīpagaḥ śobhate vāruṇiḥ śrīmān dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ

Translation

燃え立つような結髪（ジャター）の束をたたえ、ディヴァーカラ（太陽）の近くへ進むその輝けるヴァールニは、第二のバースカラのごとく光り映えた。

Word by Word

• jvalat: blazing
• jvalat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jval (धातु) + jvalat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), used as first member in compound; ‘blazing’

• jaṭākalāpaḥ: a cluster of matted locks
• jaṭākalāpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭā + kalāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of matted hair’ + ‘cluster’

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• divākarasamīpagaḥ: being near the Sun
• divākarasamīpagaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divākara + samīpa + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘near the Sun’ (divākara-samīpa) + ‘going/being’ (ga)

• śobhate: shines / appears splendid
• śobhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śubh (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• vāruṇiḥ: Vāruṇi (name/epithet)
• vāruṇiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāruṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrīmān: splendid / illustrious
• śrīmān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• dvitīyaḥ: second
• dvitīyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• iva: as if / like
• iva: Upamāna-marker (उपमानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)

• bhāskaraḥ: the Sun
• bhāskaraḥ: Upameya/Karta (उपमेय/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the given verse-set (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Sūrya (Divākara/Bhāskara)

Key Themes

• Ascetic radiance (tejas)
• Yogic splendor
• Theophany and comparison imagery
• Cosmic hierarchy (approach to Sūrya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas and yogic discipline are depicted as generating ‘tejas’ that can mirror cosmic brilliance; inner purification is presented as producing an outward luminosity recognized even in divine realms.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

A descriptive cosmological/theophanic vignette aligned with Sarga-type material (depicting beings and their splendor in higher worlds), not a vaṃśa or manvantara listing.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘second Sun’ metaphor signals the equivalence of spiritual illumination (tapas-tejas) with physical illumination (solar light), implying that realized ascetics participate in the same luminous principle that sustains the cosmos.