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Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

आरोपितो भृमितलाद् भवेन भूयो ऽपि भानुः प्रतिभासनाय स्वयंभुवा चापि निशाचरेन्द्रस् त्वारोपितः खे सपुरः सबन्धुः

Transliteration

āropito bhṛmitalād bhavena bhūyo 'pi bhānuḥ pratibhāsanāya svayaṃbhuvā cāpi niśācarendras tvāropitaḥ khe sapuraḥ sabandhuḥ

Translation

ನಂತರ ಭವನು (ಶಿವನು) ಭಾನು (ಸೂರ್ಯ)ನನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿತಲದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಿ, ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವಂತೆ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು. ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಯಂಭೂ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ) ನಿಶಾಚರೇಂದ್ರನನ್ನೂ—ಅವನ ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಬಂಧುಗಳೊಡನೆ—ಆಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಎತ್ತಿದನು.

Word by Word

आरोपितःraised / placed up

भूमितलात्from the ground-surface

भवेनby Bhava (Śiva)

भूयःagain

अपिalso/even

भानुःthe Sun

प्रतिभासनायfor (his) shining/illumination

स्वयंभुवाby Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)

चand

अपिalso

निशाचरेन्द्रःlord of night-wanderers (rākṣasa-king)

तुthen/indeed

आरोपितःraised / set up

खेin the sky

सपुरःtogether with (his) city

सबन्धुःtogether with (his) kinsmen

Speakers

Primary narrative frame likely Pulastya → Nārada; explicit speaker not marked in this verse

Primary Deities

Shiva (Bhava)Brahma (Svayambhū)Surya (Bhānu)

Key Themes

ShaivismCosmic order (ṛta) restoredDaitya–Deva conflictDivine administration (Brahmā as restorer)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even when divine power disciplines disruptive forces, the purpose is restoration of dharma and cosmic functioning (the Sun’s shining). The gods act in complementary roles: Śiva restrains and reinstates; Brahmā repositions beings within the cosmic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Itihāsa-type episodic narration about devas and asuras; it also reflects Sarga/Pratisarga-style cosmological maintenance—re-establishing celestial stations (Sūrya in the sky).

What is the symbolic significance?

Raising Sūrya ‘to shine again’ symbolizes reawakening of discernment and lawful order after a crisis. The relocation of the niśācara-king ‘with city and kin’ suggests that destructive tendencies are not always annihilated but relocated/contained within boundaries set by cosmic intelligence.