Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 30
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
उमामपि तपस्यन्तीं हिमवान् पर्वतेश्वरः निवर्त्य तपसस्तस्मात् सदारो ह्यनयद्गृहान्
umāmapi tapasyantīṃ himavān parvateśvaraḥ nivartya tapasastasmāt sadāro hyanayadgṛhān
ហិមវាន ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃភ្នំទាំងឡាយ ទោះបីឧមា កំពុងប្រតិបត្តិតបស្យា ក៏បានបញ្ឈប់នាងពីការប្រាថ្នានោះ ហើយជាមួយភរិយារបស់ខ្លួន បាននាំនាងត្រឡប់ទៅផ្ទះ។
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FAQs
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.
Vamśānucarita / Carita (narrative of divine and semi-divine figures): it is character-history centered rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
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).