Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 25

The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)

Devanagari script

पुण्यायामक्षयाष्टम्यां वेदोक्तविधिना स्वयम् तुष्टेन शंभुना दत्तं वरं चास्यै यदृच्छया

Transliteration

puṇyāyāmakṣayāṣṭamyāṃ vedoktavidhinā svayam tuṣṭena śaṃbhunā dattaṃ varaṃ cāsyai yadṛcchayā

Translation

ಪವಿತ್ರ ಅಕ್ಷಯಾಷ್ಟಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವೇದೋಕ್ತ ವಿಧಾನದಂತೆ, ತೃಪ್ತನಾದ ಶಂಭು ಸ್ವಯಂ ತನ್ನ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ಅವಳಿಗೆ ವರವನ್ನು ದತ್ತನು.

Word by Word

• पुण्यायाम्: on the holy (day)
• पुण्यायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अष्टमी-विशेषण

• अक्षयाष्टम्याम्: on Akṣayāṣṭamī
• अक्षयाष्टम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣayā+aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘अक्षया अष्टमी’ (the imperishable eighth lunar day)

• वेदोक्तविधिना: by the Veda-prescribed procedure
• वेदोक्तविधिना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda+ukta+vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘वेदेन उक्तः विधिः’

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः (reflexive adverb) = ‘oneself/in person’

• तुष्टेन: being pleased
• तुष्टेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; शंभुना-विशेषण

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दत्तम्: was given
• दत्तम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘given’

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अस्यै: to her
• अस्यै: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• यदृच्छया: spontaneously / by chance
• यदृच्छया: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadṛcchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘by chance/of his own accord’

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt (narrative voice reporting Śambhu’s boon)

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Śambhu/Rudra)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Vrata/Rituals
• Vedic orthopraxy (vedokta-vidhi)
• Grace (anugraha) and boon (vara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ritual discipline aligned with śruti (vedokta-vidhi) is shown as a legitimate path to divine favor; yet the boon is also framed as grace (yadṛcchayā), stressing that the deity’s compassion ultimately perfects the rite.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Best categorized as dharma/vrata-vidhi material embedded in narrative rather than one of the five core cosmological-genealogical lakṣaṇas; it supports Purāṇic function as a guide to observances and their fruits.

What is the symbolic significance?

Akṣayāṣṭamī (‘inexhaustible eighth’) symbolizes imperishable merit: actions performed with correct method and devotion yield lasting spiritual capital, culminating in Śiva’s direct bestowal of a boon.