Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 25

Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology

Devanagari script

पितामहेनैवमुक्ता देवाः शक्रषुरोगमाः पितामहं पुरस्कृत्य मुरारिसदनं गताः

Transliteration

pitāmahenaivamuktā devāḥ śakraṣurogamāḥ pitāmahaṃ puraskṛtya murārisadanaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) മുതലായ അഗ്രദേവന്മാർ പിതാമഹനെ മുൻപിൽ നിർത്തി മുരാരി (വിഷ്ണു)യുടെ ആലയത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.

Word by Word

• पितामहेन: by/through the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb (प्रकारवाचक)

• उक्ताः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past passive participle agreeing with subject

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• शक्र: Indra
• शक्र: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as first member in compound

• सुर: god
• सुर: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; used as second member in compound

• उगमाः: having Indra and the gods as leaders/foremost
• उगमाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: शक्र-सुर-उगम (शक्रश्च सुराश्च उगमाः यस्य/येषां ते); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective qualifying देवाः

• पितामहम्: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having led (him)
• पुरस्कृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + कृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययीभाव-प्राय क्रियाविशेषण; absolutive (gerund)

• मुरारि: enemy of Mura (Viṣṇu)
• मुरारि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुरस्य अरिः; पुंलिङ्ग; used as first member in compound

• सदनम्: abode/house
• सदनम्: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: मुरारि-सदनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्तरि प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used as finite sense

Speakers

• Narrator voice (continuation of the episode) describing the devas’ action

Primary Deities

• Brahmā
• Indra
• Viṣṇu

Key Themes

• Devas’ supplication
• Divine protocol (Brahmā honored)
• Approach to Viṣṇu for resolution

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the significance of “pitāmahaṃ puraskṛtya” (placing Brahmā in front)?

It signals ritual and political decorum in the divine assembly: Brahmā is honored as elder and authority, even when the devas seek Viṣṇu’s decisive intervention.

Does “Murāri’s abode” correspond to Vaikuṇṭha?

Often “Viṣṇu’s abode” is understood as Vaikuṇṭha in Purāṇic idiom, but the verse does not specify a named realm; it functions as a narrative destination indicating direct audience with Viṣṇu.

Are any pilgrimage geographies encoded here?

No explicit sacred geography appears; the verse remains in the mythic-court register rather than tīrtha description.