Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 16

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

य एते पितरो दिव्यास्त्वग्निष्वात्तेति विश्रुताः अमीषां मानसी कन्या मेना नाम्नास्ति देवताः

Transliteration

ya ete pitaro divyāstvagniṣvātteti viśrutāḥ amīṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāmnāsti devatāḥ

Translation

‘ಅಗ್ನಿಷ್ವಾತ್ತರು’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾದ ಆ ದಿವ್ಯ ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾನಸಪುತ್ರಿಯಾಗಿ ಮೇನಾ ಎಂಬ ದೇವತೆ ಇದ್ದಾಳೆ।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st); बहुवचन (Plural)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• पितरः: Pitṛs / ancestral fathers
• पितरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• दिव्याः: divine
• दिव्याः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) पितरः इति

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• अग्निष्वात्ता: Agniṣvāttas (a class of Pitṛs)
• अग्निष्वात्ता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्वात्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; पितृगणविशेष (name of a class of Pitṛs)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• विश्रुताः: well-known/called
• विश्रुताः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण पितरः इति

• अमीषाम्: of those
• अमीषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive/6th); बहुवचन

• मानसी: mind-born
• मानसी: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण कन्या इति (born of mind/mental)

• कन्या: daughter/maiden
• कन्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मेना: Menā
• मेना: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन; करण (by name)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• देवता: a goddess/divinity
• देवता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speakers

• Unspecified in input (narrative voice continuing; likely within a didactic catalogue of beings/lineages)

Primary Deities

• Pitṛs (Agniṣvātta)
• Menā (devatā)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Genealogy
• Pitṛ tradition

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse frames ancestry and subtle origins (mind-born beings) as part of dharmic cosmology, emphasizing continuity between the seen world and the subtle, ritually significant Pitṛ realm.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Sarga (creation/cosmological listing) and partial Vaṃśa (lineage): it provides classificatory information about a class of Pitṛs and a related divine figure.

What is the symbolic significance?

Agniṣvāttas (‘those sanctified by/connected with Agni’) symbolize the transmutation of offerings into ancestral continuity; a ‘mind-born daughter’ highlights creation through saṅkalpa (intent) rather than physical generation.