Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 65

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

पादौ यकारो मीनो ऽपि स चैत्रे वसते मुने इदं द्वादशमं प्रोक्तं पत्रं वै केशवस्य हि

Transliteration

pādau yakāro mīno 'pi sa caitre vasate mune idaṃ dvādaśamaṃ proktaṃ patraṃ vai keśavasya hi

Translation

പാദങ്ങളിൽ ‘യ’കാരമാണ് നിയുക്തം; ചൈത്രമാസത്തിൽ അവിടെയേ മീന (രാശി/മത്സ്യം)യും വസിക്കുന്നു, ഹേ മുനേ. ഇതാണ് കേശവന്റെ ദ്വാദശ പത്രകമെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിച്ചത്.

Word by Word

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; nominative dual masculine

• यकारः: the syllable/letter ‘ya’
• यकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यकार (प्रातिपदिक; य + कार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मीनः: Mīna (Pisces)
• मीनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle ‘also’

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun ‘he/that’

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular masculine

• वसते: dwells/resides
• वसते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada; ‘dwells’

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular masculine

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative ‘this’

• द्वादशमम्: twelfth
• द्वादशमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ordinal ‘twelfth’ qualifying ‘patram’

• प्रोक्तम्: declared/said
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘declared’

• पत्रम्: leaf/petal
• पत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• केशवस्य: of Keśava
• केशवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular masculine

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (particle ‘for/indeed’)

Speakers

• Unspecified narrator/teacher voice addressing a sage (‘mune’).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Keśava)

Key Themes

• Completion of a twelvefold sacred cycle
• Sound–body–time correspondences
• Vaishnava devotional visualization

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Why does the text end by stressing ‘patraṃ vai keśavasya hi’?

It anchors the entire correspondence system in a single theological center—Keśava—so the twelvefold enumeration is not merely calendrical or astrological but a devotional map of Vishnu.

What is the significance of placing ‘mīna’ at the feet?

Within the chapter’s symbolic grammar, creatures/emblems are ‘stationed’ on specific limbs to create a complete body-cosmos. The fish emblem naturally evokes aquatic symbolism and can suggest support, grounding, or the lower extremities in a vertical body-map.

Does ‘Caitra’ here imply a specific festival or vrata?

The verse itself only assigns the month Caitra to this twelfth patraka. Any linkage to particular vratas or tīrtha observances would depend on adjacent verses or later ritual digests that interpret this mapping.