Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 23

Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

ब्रह्म मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी भानुः शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च गुरुश्च शुक्रः सह भानुजेन कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्

Transliteration

brahma murāristripurāntakārī bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaśca guruśca śukraḥ saha bhānujena kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam

Translation

ブラフマー、ムラーリ（ヴィシュヌ）、トリプラを滅ぼす者（シヴァ）、太陽、月、地の子（マンガラ／火星）、ブダ（水星）、グル（木星）、シュクラ（金星）と、バーヌジャ（土星）—彼らすべてが、我が朝を吉祥ならしめますように。

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• murāriḥ: enemy of Murā (Viṣṇu)
• murāriḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: murā (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मुरायाः अरिः’ (Viṣṇu)

• tri-purānta-kārī: destroyer of Tripura
• tri-purānta-kārī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उपपद-समास): ‘त्रिपुरस्य अन्तं करोति’ / ‘त्रिपुरान्तं कर्ता’ (Śiva)

• bhānuḥ: Sun
• bhānuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śaśī: Moon
• śaśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūmi-sutaḥ: son of Earth (Mars)
• bhūmi-sutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भूमेः सुतः’ (Maṅgala/Mars)

• budhaḥ: Budha (Mercury)
• budhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• guruḥ: Guru (Jupiter)
• guruḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śukraḥ: Śukra (Venus)
• śukraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• bhānu-jena: with Bhānuja (Saturn)
• bhānu-jena: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भानोः जः’ (Śani/Saturn, ‘born of the Sun’)

• kurvantu: may (they) make / do
• kurvantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• suprabhātam: good morning / auspicious dawn
• suprabhātam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (अव्यय) + prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Within the Suprabhāta-stotra introduced by the sages (preceding verse).

Primary Deities

• Brahma
• Vishnu (Murāri)
• Shiva (Tripurāntaka)
• Surya
• Chandra
• Mangala (Mars)
• Budha (Mercury)
• Brihaspati/Guru (Jupiter)
• Shukra (Venus)
• Shani (Saturn)

Key Themes

• Shaiva-Vaishnava harmony (Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Śiva together)
• Navagraha/planetary pacification
• Benediction (maṅgala)
• Bhakti

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Auspicious living is framed as harmony with both the divine (Trimūrti) and cosmic order (grahas). Ethically, it promotes humility and dependence on higher order rather than mere self-will at the start of action (daybreak).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is stotra/maṅgala material, not a direct expression of sarga/pratisarga/vamśa/manvantara/vamśānucarita. It functions as devotional-ritual adjunct embedded in the Purāṇic narrative.

What is the symbolic significance?

By placing Murāri (Viṣṇu) and Tripurāntaka (Śiva) side-by-side with Brahmā and the grahas, the text models a unified sacred cosmos: sectarian deities and astrological forces are coordinated under a single auspicious intention (suprabhāta).