Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 60
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
ततस्तु वसतस्तस्य श्यामा सा सुषुवे मुने अजीजनत् सुतं शुभ्रं महिषं कामरूपिणम्
tatastu vasatastasya śyāmā sā suṣuve mune ajījanat sutaṃ śubhraṃ mahiṣaṃ kāmarūpiṇam
ಅವನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಓ ಮುನಿಯೇ, ಶ್ಯಾಮಾ ಪ್ರಸವಿಸಿದಳು; ಅವಳು ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನ ಪುತ್ರನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು—ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಂತೆ ರೂಪ ಧರಿಸಬಲ್ಲ ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಮಹಿಷಸ್ವರೂಪನನ್ನು।
{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
The narrative suggests that consequences of prior conduct unfold across locations and generations: even after exile, life continues, producing new agents whose capacities (kāmarūpatva) can amplify either dharma or adharma depending on their choices.
Vamśānucarita: this verse records progeny and distinctive traits, a typical purāṇic method of extending lineages and explaining later conflicts or local myths through births of extraordinary beings.
The ‘mahiṣa kāmarūpin’ combines animal-power symbolism (mahiṣa as strength, tamas, or primal force) with protean form (kāmarūpa), indicating unstable identity—an image often used in Purāṇic storytelling to foreshadow disruptive or liminal beings.