Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 3

Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवीं द्रष्टुं गौतमनन्दिनी जया जगाम शैलेन्द्रं मन्दरं चारुकन्दरम्

Transliteration

etasminnantare devīṃ draṣṭuṃ gautamanandinī jayā jagāma śailendraṃ mandaraṃ cārukandaram

Translation

ក្នុងអំឡុងនោះ ជយា កូនស្រីរបស់គោតម បានចេញដំណើរទៅគោរពទស្សនាព្រះនាងទេវី នៅលើភ្នំមន្ទរា ជាព្រះអធិរាជនៃភ្នំ ដែលមានរូងភ្នំស្រស់ស្អាត។

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma/Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• antare: in the interval/time
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Tumun-infinitive (तुमुनन्त), ‘to see’ (द्रष्टुम्)

• gautama-nandinī: Gautama’s daughter (Ahalyā’s daughter)
• gautama-nandinī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक) + nandinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘Gautamasya nandinī’, Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• jayā: Jayā
• jayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• śailendram: lord of mountains (mountain)
• śailendram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘śailānām indraḥ’, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mandaram: Mandara (mountain)
• mandaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• cāru-kandaram: having lovely caves/ravines
• cāru-kandaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + kandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘cāru kandaraṃ yasya/tat’, Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adjectivally for Mandara/Śailendra

Speakers

• Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame; likely Pulastya → Nārada in the broader work
• but not explicit in this excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Devī

Key Themes

• Purāṇic frame narrative
• Devatā interactions
• Sacred landscape

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse emphasizes purposeful approach to the divine (darśana): spiritual progress is framed as ‘going to see’ the Goddess, i.e., seeking proximity, guidance, and blessing.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under Ākhyāna / Vaṃśānucarita-adjacent narrative movement (story-continuation involving named figures), rather than sarga/pratisarga. It functions as connective narration within the larger discourse.

What is the symbolic significance?

Mandara—famed as a cosmic mountain in Purāṇic imagination—often symbolizes the stable axis of tapas and divine presence; the ‘beautiful caves’ suggest hidden sanctity and interiority (guhyatva) associated with Devī’s abode.