Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 29

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

इत्थं स नगरस्त्रीणां क्षोभं संजनयन् हरः जगाम वृषभारूढो दिव्यं श्वशुरमन्दिरम्

Transliteration

itthaṃ sa nagarastrīṇāṃ kṣobhaṃ saṃjanayan haraḥ jagāma vṛṣabhārūḍho divyaṃ śvaśuramandiram

Translation

ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಗರದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ಸುಕತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಷೋಭವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡಿದ ಹರ (ಶಿವ) ವೃಷಭಾರೂಢನಾಗಿ ದಿವ್ಯ ಶ್ವಶುರಮಂದಿರಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿದನು.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नगर-स्त्रीणाम्: of the city-women
• नगर-स्त्रीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; ‘नगरस्य स्त्रियः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• क्षोभम्: agitation
• क्षोभम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संजनयन्: causing / producing
• संजनयन्: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वृषभ-आरूढः: mounted on the bull
• वृषभ-आरूढः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘वृषभम् आरूढः’ इति द्वितीया-तत्पुरुषः

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘मन्दिरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• श्वशुर-मन्दिरम्: father-in-law’s house
• श्वशुर-मन्दिरम्: कर्म (गमनस्य लक्ष्य/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘श्वशुरस्य मन्दिरम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speakers

• Narrator voice (Purāṇic narrator continuing the Andhaka-cycle account)

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• Parvati (implied via ‘father-in-law’)
• Nandin (as vahana, implied)
• Himalaya (implied as father-in-law)

Key Themes

• Śiva’s majesty and public theophany
• Mythic movement between divine abodes
• Familial theology (Śiva–Pārvatī–Himālaya nexus)
• Andhaka-cycle narrative continuity

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is the ‘father-in-law’ (śvaśura) of Śiva in this context?

In Purāṇic convention, Śiva’s father-in-law is Himālaya (Himavat), father of Ambikā/Pārvatī. The verse signals Śiva’s transition toward that divine household, though the proper name ‘Himālaya’ is not stated here.

Why does the verse mention the ‘agitation of the city-women’?

Such lines function as a narrative marker of Śiva’s overwhelming presence (tejas) and beauty/terror combined—his passage causes public commotion, emphasizing his cosmic charisma and the extraordinary nature of the event.

Is any specific pilgrimage site (tīrtha) identified here?

No. The verse is geographically suggestive (a divine mansion associated with Himālaya) but does not name a river, lake, forest, or tīrtha. A Vāmana Purāṇa geography mapping would therefore tag it as ‘implicit Himalayan abode’ only, pending explicit naming in adjacent verses.