Vamana Purana — Shukra's Samjivani, Shloka 134

Shukra’s Saṃjīvanī, Shiva’s Containment of the Asuras, and Indra’s Recovery of Power

Devanagari script

यदेयं कम्पते भूमिस्तदा प्रक्षिप्यते बहिः यद्बाह्यतो मुनिश्रेष्ठ तद् भवेद् द्विगुणं मुने

Transliteration

yadeyaṃ kampate bhūmistadā prakṣipyate bahiḥ yadbāhyato muniśreṣṭha tad bhaved dviguṇaṃ mune

Translation

["Śiva’s immutability and cosmic form", "Litany of Śiva-nāmas (names)", "Devotional theology (stuti)"]

Speakers

• Wife instructing husband; the vocatives ‘muniśreṣṭha / mune’ indicate respectful address to the sage-husband (or the narrative’s sage addressee in some recensional reading).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

Key Themes

• Omen-based injunction
• Protection of children/household
• Merit/fruit amplification motif (dviguṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does “outside becomes doubled (dviguṇa)” mean here?

It is an omen-rule: during an earth-tremor, actions taken ‘outside’ are said to yield amplified results—often interpreted as either (a) increased safety/protection for what is moved out, and/or (b) a doubled ‘phala’ (effect/fruit) of the act performed in that liminal moment.

Is ‘prakṣipyate’ literally ‘thrown out’?

The verb can be forceful (‘cast/throw’), but in context it conveys urgency: quickly move the child outside to avoid harm from collapsing structures or inauspicious influence associated with the tremor.

How does this fit the Vāmana Purāṇa’s geography focus?

Purāṇic tīrtha sections often embed practical dharma and nimitta teachings within place-based legends. The locale (Śamīkarṣa) anchors the teaching, while the omen-rule supplies a behavioral code for pilgrims/settlers encountering extraordinary natural events.