Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 30

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

उमामपि तपस्यन्तीं हिमवान् पर्वतेश्वरः निवर्त्य तपसस्तस्मात् सदारो ह्यनयद्गृहान्

Transliteration

umāmapi tapasyantīṃ himavān parvateśvaraḥ nivartya tapasastasmāt sadāro hyanayadgṛhān

Translation

山々の主ヒマヴァーンは、ウマーが苦行（タパス）に励んでいた時でさえ、その行をやめさせ、妻とともに彼女を家へ連れ帰った。

Word by Word

• umām: Umā
• umām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

• tapasyantīm: performing austerity
• tapasyantīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + √as (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying umām)

• himavān: Himavān (Himalaya)
• himavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• parvata-īśvaraḥ: lord of mountains
• parvata-īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (parvatānām īśvaraḥ)

• nivartya: having made (her) desist
• nivartya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having turned back/caused to desist’

• tapasaḥ: from austerity
• tapasaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• tasmāt: from there/from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययार्थे ‘from that (place/state)’

• sa-dāraḥ: with his wife/family
• sa-dāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह-प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘पत्नी/परिवारसहितः’ (with wife/family)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘indeed’

• anayat: led/brought
• anayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect usage), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gṛhān: to the homes/house
• gṛhān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the provided excerpt (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa).

Primary Deities

• Umā (Pārvatī)

Key Themes

• Tapas
• Family/Dharma
• Śaiva narrative
• Vrata/Austerity

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas is powerful, yet it is also socially and ritually situated: elders/guardians may intervene to protect, guide, or re-situate austerity within dharmic household order. The verse highlights the tension and balance between renunciation-like discipline and familial responsibility.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / Carita (narrative of divine and semi-divine figures): it is character-history centered rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).

What is the symbolic significance?

Umā’s tapas signifies inner resolve and spiritual potency; Himavān’s retrieval symbolizes the world’s attempt to contain or regulate transformative ascetic energy before it culminates in its destined theological outcome (her union with Śiva).