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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 71

Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna

Devanagari script

यदा तिस्रः समेष्यन्ति सप्तगोदावरे जले हाटकाख्ये महादेव तदा संयोगमेष्यसि

Transliteration

yadā tisraḥ sameṣyanti saptagodāvare jale hāṭakākhye mahādeva tadā saṃyogameṣyasi

Translation

ആ മൂന്നു സ്ത്രീകളും സപ്ത-ഗോദാവരിയുടെ ജലത്തിൽ ‘ഹാടക’ എന്നു പേരുള്ള സ്ഥലത്ത് ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടുമ്പോൾ—ഹേ മഹാദേവാ—അപ്പോൾ നീ നിശ്ചിതമായ സംയോഗം (മിലനം) പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

तिस्रःthree (women)

समेष्यन्तिwill come together/assemble

सप्तगोदावरेin Saptagodāvara (place)

जलेin the water

हाटकाख्ये(in the water) called Hāṭaka

महादेवO Mahādeva

तदाthen

संयोगम्union/meeting

एष्यसिyou will attain/come to

Speakers

A narrator-sage (within the chapter’s frame) addressing Mahādeva (Śiva) and/or reporting a prophecy about Śiva’s meeting at the tīrtha; the verse directly addresses ‘Mahādeva’.

Primary Deities

Shiva (Mahadeva)

Key Themes

Tirtha MahimaSacred hydro-geography of the GodāvarīPredestined divine encounter (saṃyoga)Ritual purity through watersShaiva sacred landscape

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is ‘Saptagodāvarī’ in geographical terms?

It denotes a sanctified hydro-geographical configuration of the Godāvarī understood as ‘sevenfold’—commonly interpreted in tīrtha literature as seven streams/branches, seven confluences, or a ritually mapped set of seven water-sites within a single sacred region.

What does ‘Hāṭaka’ signify as a tīrtha-name?

Hāṭaka literally relates to ‘gold’ in Sanskrit usage and often functions as a toponym for a tīrtha associated with brilliance, purity, or merit likened to gold. Here it is the named locus within the Saptagodāvarī waters where the decisive meeting is to occur.

What is meant by ‘saṃyoga’ for Mahādeva in this verse?

Saṃyoga indicates a fated conjunction—typically a meeting with specific persons (here, the assembled women) or the culmination of a vow/rite at the tīrtha. The verse frames the tīrtha as the trigger-point where the narrative’s promised encounter becomes actual.