Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 14
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
रक्ताशोकवना भान्ति पुष्पिताः सहसोज्ज्वलाः भृत्वा वसन्तनृपतेः संग्रामे ऽसृक्प्लुता इव
raktāśokavanā bhānti puṣpitāḥ sahasojjvalāḥ bhṛtvā vasantanṛpateḥ saṃgrāme 'sṛkplutā iva
രക്താശോകവനങ്ങൾ പുഷ്പിച്ച് ഒരുമിച്ചുതന്നെ ദീപ്തമായി തിളങ്ങുന്നു; വസന്തനൃപതിയുടെ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ആക്രമണം സഹിച്ച് രക്തത്തിൽ നനഞ്ഞ യോദ്ധാക്കളെപ്പോലെ।
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FAQs
The verse highlights how nature’s beauty can be read through the lens of human experience: even ‘battle’ (struggle) is transmuted into renewal (blossoming). It subtly teaches the Purāṇic habit of seeing order and meaning in the cycles of the world.
This is ancillary descriptive material supporting a narrative setting rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa item. It most closely accompanies ākhyāna/vṛttānta used within broader vamśānucarita or tīrtha-māhātmya sections, functioning as scene-setting.
‘King Spring’ conquers the landscape, and the ‘blood’ is the red bloom of aśoka—transforming violence into beauty. The simile suggests that what appears harsh in one register becomes auspicious in another, a common Purāṇic aesthetic of reconciliation.