Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 37
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
सा चाप्सरोभिरुत्पात्य नीता पितृकुलं निजम् ताभिराश्वासिता चापि मधुरैर्वचनाम्बुभिः
sā cāpsarobhirutpātya nītā pitṛkulaṃ nijam tābhirāśvāsitā cāpi madhurairvacanāmbubhiḥ
അവളെ അപ്സരസ്സുകൾ എടുത്തുകൊണ്ടുപോയി അവളുടെ സ്വന്തം പിതൃകുലഗൃഹത്തിലേക്കു എത്തിച്ചു; അവർ മധുരവും ജലത്തെപ്പോലെ ശീതളവുമായ വചനങ്ങളാൽ അവളെ ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.
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FAQs
The verse affirms the restorative role of community and kinship structures (pitṛkula) after crisis, and highlights vāṇī (speech) as a compassionate instrument—words can ‘cool’ suffering like water.
Vamśānucarita / narrative episode: it advances the plot through the actions of celestial beings and the re-establishment of social stability.
Apsarases—often linked with allure—here function inversely as protectors and comforters, suggesting that the same realm of desire can be transmuted into care; ‘vacanāmbu’ frames compassionate speech as a purifying, life-sustaining element.