Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 52
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान् भानुर्भवनेत्राग्नितापितः वरणायास्तथैवास्यास्त्वन्तरे निपपात ह
tacchrutvā bhagavān bhānurbhavanetrāgnitāpitaḥ varaṇāyāstathaivāsyāstvantare nipapāta ha
ເມື່ອຟັງດັ່ງນັ້ນ ພຣະພານຸ (ສູຣະຍະ) ຖືກໄຟຈາກຕາຂອງພະພະວະ (ສິວະ) ເຜົາຮ້ອນ ແລ້ວຕົກລົງໃນຊ່ອງຫວ່າງ/ກາງນ້ຳຂອງແມ່ນ້ຳວະຣະນານັ້ນເອງ.
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FAQs
Even a cosmic power like the Sun is portrayed as vulnerable before higher ascetic-theophanic energy (Śiva’s netrāgni). The implied lesson is humility and the refuge offered by sacred space (river/tīrtha) for relief and purification.
This is not one of the five primary lakṣaṇas; it is tīrtha-linked kathā (anecdotal sacred geography) embedded in the purāṇic narrative stream, supporting dharma through place-based exempla.
Śiva’s third-eye fire symbolizes transformative, burning insight that can overwhelm even luminous worldly power (Sūrya). The ‘falling into Varuṇā’ suggests cooling, containment, and reorientation within the sanctifying geography of Kāśī.